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16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Handbook of United States Election Laws and Practices: Political Rights (Chap. 5 "Rights under the Federal Voting Rights Act") » Read Now
by Alexander J. Bott. 565 pgs.

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"This clearly written handbook brings together a great deal of information about fundamental political rights in this country and will be of interest well beyond the legal community." Reference Books Bulletin
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Colorblind Injustice: Minority Voting Rights and the Undoing of the Second Reconstruction (Chap. One "The Voting Rights Act and the Two Reconstructions") » Read Now
by J. Morgan Kousser. 594 pgs.

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Challenging trends in Supreme Court decisions on civil rights, the author of this book criticizes the Court's postmodern equal protection and seeks to demonstrate that legislative and judicial history still matter for public policy.
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Voting Rights and Redistricting in the United States (Part II "The Impact of the Voting Rights Act") » Read Now
by Mark E. Rush. 316 pgs.

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This up-to-date collection of essays addresses key elements of the law and politics of voting rights: the Supreme Court's jurisprudence, the impact of the Voting Rights Act, and the opportunities for enhanced minority representation posed by alternative electoral systems.
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The Triumph of Tokenism: The Voting Rights Act and the Theory of Black Electoral Success, in Michigan Law Review » Read Now
by Lani Guinier. 78 pgs.

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...codifies as amended the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Pub. L. No. 99...79 Stat. 445. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, 2, was amended...representation. The 1965 Voting Rights...
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Blacks and the American Political System (Chap. 9 "Black Interest Groups and the 1982 Extension of the Voting Rights Act") » Read Now
by Huey L. Perry, Wayne Parent. 312 pgs.

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'A strong and well-informed set of reviews of efforts and achievements of African Americans and their political allies across the broadest spectrum of arenas of government.' -Rufus P. Browning, San Francisco State University
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And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice (Chap. 3 "The Racial Limitation on Black Voting Power: The Chronicle of the Ultimate Voting Rights Act") » Read Now
by Derrick Bell. 320 pgs.

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This text examines discrimination against blacks. It reviews civil rights laws and legal precedents and where they have not been effective.
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Electoral Structure and Urban Policy: The Impact on Mexican American Communities (Chap. 2 "The Jurisprudence of Voting") » Read Now
by J. L. Polinard, Robert D. Wrinkle, Tomas Longoria, Norman E. Binder. 200 pgs.

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...virtually all levels of American politics. In 1965 the passage of the Voting Rights Act VRA heralded an emphasis on voter registration...the VRA. The Voting Rights Act The...
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Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation » Read Now
by Linda Chavez. 224 pgs.

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This controversial book shatters the myth that twenty million Hispanics are a permanent underclass. Linda Chavez tells the largely untold story of Hispanic progress and achievement and considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.
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Without Justice for All: The New Liberalism and Our Retreat from Racial Equality (Chap. 9 "The Voting Rights Movement in Perspective") » Read Now
by Adolph Reed Jr. 468 pgs.

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...Although the black electoral empowerment ensuing from the 1965 Voting Rights Act effectively bolstered the relatively moderate wing of the Democratic Party in the South by...
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Voting Rights Act Section 2: Racially Polarized Voting and the Minority Community's Representative of Choice, in Michigan Law Review » Read Now
by Evelyn Elayne Shockley. 30 pgs.

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...the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 2 (the Act). Although...these techniques. In 1965, when Congress responded to denial of voting rights, only 383...
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Applying Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to Single-Member Offices, in Michigan Law Review » Read Now
by Boyd Markman. 50 pgs.

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Diffusion of Political Power and the Voting Rights Act, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy » Read Now
by Richard H. Pildes. 21 pgs.

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Ugly: An Inquiry into the Problem of Racial Gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act, in Michigan Law Review » Read Now
by Daniel D. Polsby, Robert D. Popper. 31 pgs.

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...533 (16th ed. 1992 ) (attributing quotation to J.P. Morgan). 2 113 S. Ct. 2816 (1993). 3 Voting Rights Act of 1965 , Pub. L. No. 89-110, 5, 79 Stat. 437, 439 (codified as...
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The U.S. House of Representatives: Reform or Rebuild? (Chap. 8 "The Voting Rights Act and Supreme Court Restrictions on Majority-Minority Districts") » Read Now
by Joseph F. Zimmerman, Wilma Rule. 248 pgs.

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The U.S. House of Representatives vastly overrepresents white males and underrepresents "minorities" and women. This essay collection examines the causes of the unrepresentative character of the House and analyzes reform possibilities, including alternative electoral systems, enlargement of the...
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The U.S. House of Representatives vastly overrepresents white males and underrepresents "minorities" and women. This essay collection examines the causes of the unrepresentative character of the House and analyzes reform possibilities, including alternative electoral systems, enlargement of the House, term limits, a new election campaign finance system, and more effective regulation of campaign contributions and expenditures.
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Mistaken Identity: The Supreme Court and the Politics of Minority Representation (Chap. One "The Voting Rights Act and the Struggle for Meaningful Political Membership") » Read Now
by Keith J. Bybee. 194 pgs.

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Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race? In its long struggle with this question, the U.S. Supreme Court has treated race-conscious redistricting either as a requirement of political fairness or as an exercise in corrosive racial quotas. Cutting through these...
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Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race? In its long struggle with this question, the U.S. Supreme Court has treated race-conscious redistricting either as a requirement of political fairness or as an exercise in corrosive racial quotas. Cutting through these contradictory positions, Keith Bybee examines the theoretical foundations of the Court's decisions and the ideological controversy those decisions have engendered. He uncovers erroneous assumptions about political identity on both sides of the debate and formulates new terms on which minority representation can be pursued.As Bybee shows, the Court has for the last twenty years encouraged a division between individualist and group concepts of political identity. He demonstrates convincingly that both individualist and group proponents share the misguided notion that political identity is formed prior to and apart from politics itself. According to Bybee, this "mistaken identity" should be abandoned for a more flexible, politically informed understanding of who the "people" really are. Thus, a misdirected debate will be replaced by a more considered discussion in which the people can speak for themselves, even as the Court speaks on their behalf. Engaged in the politics of minority representation, the Court will be able to help citizens articulate and achieve more fruitful forms of political community.
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Maximization, Whatever the Cost: Race, Redistricting, and the Department of Justice (Chap. 4 "The Department's New Interpretation of the Voting Rights Act" and Chap. 7 "Processes and Products of Voting Rights Act Enforcement") » Read Now
by Maurice T. Cunningham. 181 pgs.

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Cunningham goes into the Department of Justice to examine how it forced states to maximize minority congressional seats in the Nineties. He analyzes the political, legal, and bureaucratic circumstances that evolved into a transformative policy and suggests how the Department should respond to a decade of judicial reversals.