The future of the voting rights act /
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| Imprint: | New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2006. |
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| Description: | xviii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6161649 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Political Competition and the Modern VRA
- Chapter 2. The Law of Preclearance: Enforcing Section 5
- Chapter 3. Rethinking Section 5
- Chapter 4. Trends in Minority Representation, 1974 to 2000
- Chapter 5. Congressional Power to Renew Preclearance Provisions
- Chapter 6. Does Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Still Work?
- Chapter 7. Voting Rights Act Enforcement: Navigating Between High and Low Expectations
- Chapter 8. Reshaping the Tub: The Limits of the VRA for Latino Electoral Politics
- Chapter 9. Expanding Coverage of Section 5 in Indian Country
- Chapter 10. Election Administration and Voting Rights
- Chapter 11. Options and Strategies for Renewal of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
- Chapter 12. The Coverage Curve: Identifying States at the Bottom of the Class
- Chapter 13. Who's Covered? Coverage Formula and Bailout
- Chapter 14. A Third Way: Section 5 and the Opt-In Approach
- Chapter 15. Extending Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act: The Complex Interaction Between Law and Politics
- Appendix. Text of Voting Rights Act (1965)
- General Index
- Cases Index
