When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama /
King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-
When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama / [electronic resource] : Tyson D. King-Meadows. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011. - xxviii, 345 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780739149140 (electronic bk.)
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
African Americans--Suffrage--History.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
Electronic books.
KF4893 / .K56 2011
342.73/072
When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama / [electronic resource] : Tyson D. King-Meadows. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011. - xxviii, 345 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780739149140 (electronic bk.)
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
African Americans--Suffrage--History.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-
Electronic books.
KF4893 / .K56 2011
342.73/072