TY  - BOOK
AU  - King-Meadows,Tyson
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - When the letter betrays the spirit: voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama 
AV  - KF4893 .K56 2011
U1  - 342.73/072 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - United States
KW  - Voting Rights Act of 1965
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Suffrage
KW  - History
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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