Race, reform, and regulation of the electoral process recurring puzzles in American democracy

"This book offers a critical reevaluation of three fundamental and interlocking themes in American democracy: the relationship between race and politics, the performance and reform of election systems, and the role of courts in regulating the political process. This edited volume features contr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Charles, Guy-Uriel E., 1970- (-), Gerken, Heather K., 1969-, Kang, Michael S., 1973-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambirdge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2011.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in election law and democracy.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39752653*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the future of elections scholarship / Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Heather K. Gerken and Michael S. Kang
  • Part I. Race and Politics: Overview: how, if at all, is racial and ethnic stratification changing, and what should we do about it? / Jennifer L. Hochschild; Voting rights: the next generation / Richard L. Pildes; The reconstruction of voting rights / Pamela S. Karlan; Explaining perceptions of competitive threat in a multiracial context / Vincent L. Hutchings, Cara Wong, James Jackson and Ronald E. Brown
  • Part II. Courts and the Regulation of the Electoral Process: Overview: mapping election law's interior / David Schleicher; The institutional turn in election law scholarship / Heather K. Gerken and Michael S. Kang; Judges as political regulators: evidence and options for institutional change / Richard L. Hasen; Empirical legitimacy and election law / Christopher S. Elmendorf; Judging democracy's boundaries / Samuel Issacharoff
  • Part III. Election Performance and Reform: Overview: election reform / Alex Keyssar; New directions in the study of voter mobilization: combining psychology and field experimentation / Alan S. Gerber; Popular election monitoring: how technology can enable citizen participation in election administration / Archon Fung; Democracy in the United States: 2020 and beyond: how can scholarly research shape a vision and help to realize it? / Edward B. Foley; Partisanship, public opinion, and redistricting / Joshua Fougere, Stephen Ansolabehere and Nathaniel Persily
  • Part IV. Conclusion: More or less: searching for regulatory balance / Bruce E. Cain.