Latinos and the Voting Rights Act : the search for racial purpose /

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This book explores congressional redistricting, the relevance of the Voting Rights Act, and the legal concept of racial purpose, focusing on the role race and racism played in the Texas redistricting process and the state's 2011Voter Identification Law. The author makes a case for the use of mi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flores, Henry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Temas:
United States. > Voting Rights Act of 1965.
United States. > Congress. > House > Election districts.
United States. > Congress. > House
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States)
Apportionment (Election law) > Texas.
Hispanic Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas.
Voter registration > United States.
Minorities > Suffrage > United States.
Election districts > Texas.
Répartition des sièges > Texas.
Circonscriptions électorales > Texas.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Apportionment (Election law)
Election districts
Hispanic Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Minorities > Suffrage
Voter registration
Texas
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Uncovering racial pupose in voting rights politics
  • In search of racism
  • Racism, the Arlington Heights factors, and Latinos
  • Latino identity, whiteness, and dual-race theory
  • "Do citizens select legislators or do legislators select their constituents?"
  • There is a method to this madness
  • Strategic racism uncovered.

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