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Author:

Wang, Tova Andrea.

Title:

The politics of voter suppression : defending and expanding Americans' right to vote / Tova Andrea Wang.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xviii, 197 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Elections--United States--History--20th century.
Elections--History--United States--History--20th century.
Voter registration--United States--History--20th century.
Voter registration--History--United States--History--20th century.
Suffrage--United States--History--20th century.
Voting--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Notes:

"A Century Foundation book." Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-185) and index.

Contents:

The voter inclusion principle -- The early years of vote suppression -- Conditions and consequences of the Voting Rights Act -- Vote suppression goes national and Republican -- The battle over Motor Voter -- The election of 2000 and its fallout -- A slight upswing -- Effects on election outcomes -- How to increase participation -- Epilogue : what citizens can do.

Summary:

"Tova Wang explains how, across the twentieth century, the issue of access to the ballot was transformed from a largely practical matter of electoral advantage into an ideological difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties"--Publisher's Web site.

ISBN:

0801450853 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801450853 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)777251291

LCCN:

2012005954

Locations:

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)