Controversies in minority voting : the Voting Rights Act in perspective / Bernard Grofman, Chandler Davidson, editors.

Other author Grofman, Bernard.
Other author Davidson, Chandler.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, ©1992.
Descriptionxiv, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
African Americans--Suffrage.

Contents The Voting Rights Act : a brief history / Chandler Davidson -- Section 5 enforcement and the Department of Justice / Drew S. Days III -- The 1982 amendments of Section 2 and minority representation / Laughlin McDonald -- The 1982 amendments and the voting rights paradox / Timothy G. O'Rourke -- Party politics in the wake of the Voting Rights Act / Edward G. Carmines and Robert Huckfeldt -- The Voting Rights Act and the two reconstructions / J. Morgan Kousser -- Voting rights and the American regulatory state / Hugh Davis Graham -- Expert witness testimony and the evolution of voting rights case law / Bernard Grofman -- Litigation, lobbying, and the voting rights law / Gregory A. Caldeira -- Voting rights and democratic theory : toward a color-blind society? / Bruce E. Cain.
Contents Latino political incorporation and the Voting Rights Act / Luis R. Fraga -- Voting rights and democratic theory : where do we go from here? / Lani Guinier -- Some consequences of the Voting Rights Act / Carol M. Swain -- A case-specific approach to implementing the Voting Rights Act / James P. Turner -- Postscript : what is the best way to a color-blind society? / Bernard Grofman and Chandler Davidson.
Local noteLittle-300672--305131006378.
General noteBased on a conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution in November 1990.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical refereances (p. 341-362) and indexes.
LCCN 92007370
ISBN0815717504
ISBN0815717512 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks KF4893.C66 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold