An edition of When the letter betrays the spirit (2011)

When the letter betrays the spirit

voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama

When the letter betrays the spirit
Tyson King-Meadows, Tyson King...
When the letter betrays the spirit by Tyson King-Meadows, Tyson King-Meadows
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An edition of When the letter betrays the spirit (2011)

When the letter betrays the spirit

voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama

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Publisher
Lexington Books
Language
English

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Congressional authority and voting rights enforcement: 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
Misdirection: 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, 2000-2008
Conclusion regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lanham, Md

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
342.73/072
Library of Congress
KF4893 .K56 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25149559M
ISBN 13
9780739149126, 9780739149133, 9780739149140
LCCN
2011020449

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16414731W

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