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Author:

Rhodes, Jesse H. (Jesse Hessler), 1980- author.

Title:

Ballot blocked : the political erosion of the Voting Rights Act / Jesse H. Rhodes.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

x, 264 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Suffrage--United States--History--20th century.
Suffrage--United States--History--21st century.
Minorities--History--United States--History--20th century.
Minorities--History--United States--History--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : explaining the puzzling evolution of the Voting Rights Act -- Liberal ascendance and enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Conservative backlash and partisan struggle over voting rights, 1968-1980 -- The growing struggle over voting rights in the 1980s and 1990s -- Voting rights politics in an era of conservative ascendance, 2001-2013 -- Voting rights politics in the age of Obama, 2009-2016 -- Conclusion : partisan interests, institutional conflict, and the future of the voting rights struggle.

Series:

Stanford studies in law and politics

ISBN:

1503603512
9781503603516
0804797595
9780804797597

OCLC:

(OCoLC)978577130

LCCN:

2017018234

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)