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100 1 _aKing-Meadows, Tyson,
_d1972-
245 1 0 _aWhen the letter betrays the spirit
_h[electronic resource] :
_bvoting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama /
_cTyson D. King-Meadows.
260 _aLanham, Md. :
_bLexington Books,
_c2011.
300 _axxviii, 345 p. :
_bill., maps.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2011.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_tVoting Rights Act of 1965.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSuffrage
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1945-1989.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1989-
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10492812
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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