The politics of voter suppression [electronic resource] : defending and expanding Americans' right to vote / Tova Andrea Wang.
2012
JK1976 .W36 2012eb
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The politics of voter suppression [electronic resource] : defending and expanding Americans' right to vote / Tova Andrea Wang.
Author
Wang, Tova Andrea.
ISBN
9780801450853 (cloth alk. paper)
9780801466038 (e-book)
9780801466038 (e-book)
Publication Details
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 197 p.
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JK1976 .W36 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.60973
Summary
"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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"A Century Foundation book."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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.