When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama - King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-; ebrary, Inc. (Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011)
Introduction : Congressional authority and voting rights enforcement -- pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. The challenge to congressional authority: 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 -- pt. 3. A systems theory approach to enforcement: The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement, 2000-2008 ; Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: United States; African Americans -- Suffrage -- History; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Electronic books