Enforcing and Challenging the Voting Rights Act

Race, Voting, and Redistricting
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8153-4066-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 514 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 821 g

Reihe: Controversies in Constitutional Law

Political redistricting is one of the most controversial issues in contemporary American society. The practice of shaping voting districts to enhance the political representation of minorities at all levels of government emerged as a legal remedy for redressing the systematic historical exclusion of minority political representation. It continues to have vocal and active defenders and detractors to this day with court rulings upholding or challenging the practice every year. The controversies of redistricting have challenged America's commitment to participatory democracy and America's ability to account for its historical record of voting and racial discrimination. The legal and historical arguments addressing the policy of redistricting and the constitutional issues surrounding it revolve around interpretations of the Fifteenth Amendment and America's ability to accept or reject race-based solutions to political representstion. This three-volume set brings together all the major legal cases and the most influential articles on the legal and historical arguments surrounding this issue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Darling, Marsha

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 4a Brief Submitted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965; Chapter 8 Voting Rights Act Extension, House of Representatives, 94 th Congress, 1 st Session, Report No. 94–196; Chapter 9 Alternative Voting Systems as Remedies for Unlawful At-Large Systems; Chapter 10 The 1982 Amendments to the Voting Rights Act, Thomas M. Boyd, Stephen J. Markman; Chapter 11 The Constitutional Imperative of Proportional Representation; Chapter 12 Geometry and Geography; Chapter 13 The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons; Chapter 14 The Myth of Colorblindness, David A. Strauss; Chapter 15 Book Review, Pamela S. Karlan, Peyton McCrary; Chapter 16 Keeping the Courts Honest:, Peyton McCrary, J. Gerald Hebert;

Über Autor(innen)

Marsha Darling holds a doctorate of law. She has taught history at Georgetown University and is currently director of the African American Studies Department at Adelphi University in New York.