The disenfranchisement of ex-felons /

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A thought-provoking look at one population's loss of voting rights in the United States.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hull, Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Political rights, Loss of > United States > States.
Ex-convicts > Suffrage > United States.
Droits politiques > Perte > États-Unis > États.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
LAW > Civil Rights.
Ex-convicts > Suffrage
Political rights, Loss of > U.S. states
Wahlrechtsverlust
Verurteilter
United States
USA
"Multi-User"
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The history of disenfranchisement laws
  • 3. The toll on minority communities
  • 4. Collateral damages and clemency
  • 5. Justifications for disenfranchisement : pragmatic, principled, and philosophical
  • 6. Reform : interest groups and strategies
  • 7. State reforms
  • 8. Voting : constitutional and civic concerns
  • 9. Constitutional challenges and the Voting Rights Act
  • 10. Cruel and unusual punishment and international law
  • 11. The political consequences of disenfranchisement
  • 12. Thinking the unthinkable.

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