Tyson D. King-Meadows

When the Letter Betrays the Spirit

Voting Rights Enforcement and African American Participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing from government data, legislative history, Supreme Court decisions, survey results, and the 2006 reauthorization debate, When the Letter Betrays the Spirit examines how executive and judicial discretion facilitates violations of the Voting Rights act. Connecting Johnson to Obama, the book challenges the executive-centered model of leadership and proffers a Congress-centered approach to protecting voting rights. This approach would both satisfy the goals of the black civil rights movement and give fuller support to the Fifteenth Amendment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 759g
• ISBN-13: 9780739149126
• ISBN-10: 0739149121
• Artikelnr.: 33614456

Autorenporträt

Tyson D. King-Meadows is assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Congressional
Authority and Voting Rights Enforcement A Retrospective and Prospective
Look at the Voting Rights Act Chapter 1: Why Discretion Matters in Voting
Rights Enforcement Chapter 2: Obama's Inheritance: The Johnson Framework,
the VRA, and Faith in Federal Power The Challenge to Congressional
Authority Chapter 3: Misdirection: Political Theatre and the 2006
Reauthorization of Section 5 Chapter 4: Partisan Spoils of Office: A
post-Shaw Judicial Philosophy of Civic Literacy Chapter 5: Is "Bull Connor"
Dead? Contemporary Public Opinion on Voting Rights Policy Chapter 6: A
Battle of Principals: Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush
Administration A Systems Theory Approach to Enforcement Chapter 7: The
Macro-Political Context Shaping Enfranchisement, 2000-2008 Conclusion:
Regulating Discretion and the Challenge of Post-Racial Politics Appendix 1
Appendix 2 Selected Bibliography