The politics of voter suppression defending and expanding Americans' right to vote /
"Tova Wang explains how, across the twentieth century, the issue of access to the ballot was transformed from a largely practical matter of electoral advantage into an ideological difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties."--Publisher's Web site.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en liña: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- The voter inclusion principle
- The early years of vote suppression
- Conditions and consequences of the Voting Rights Act
- Vote suppression goes national and Republican
- The battle over Motor Voter
- The election of 2000 and its fallout
- A slight upswing
- Effects on election outcomes
- How to increase participation
- Epilogue : what citizens can do.