King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
Added to CLICnet on 08/23/2013
Check CLICnet for availability
Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index.
- Introduction : congressional authority and voting rights enforcement — Part I : A retrospective and prospective look at the Voting Rights Act — Why discretion matters in voting rights enforcement — Obama’s inheritance : the Johnson framework, the VRA, and faith in federal power — Part II. The challenge to congressional authority — Misdirections : political theatre and the 2006 reauthorization of section 5 — Partisan spoils of office : a post-Shaw judicial philosophy of civic literacy — Is Bull Connor dead? Contemporary public opinion on voting rights policy — A battle of principals : Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush Administration — The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement — Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics.
Subjects:
- African Americans — Suffrage — History.
- United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
- United States — Politics and government — 1945-1989.
- United States — Politics and government — 1989-
Requested by Aoki, A.