The politics of voter suppression
Subtitle: defending and expanding Americans' right to vote
By: Tova Andrea Wang
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780801450853
Subjects: Politics and government; Voting; Voter registration; Suffrage; Corrupt practices; Elections; History
Description: "Tova Wang explains how, across the twentieth century, the issue of access to the ballot was transformed from a largely practical matter of electoral advantage into an ideological difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties."--Publisher's Web site.
Notes: "A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The voter inclusion principle; title: The early years of vote suppression; title: Conditions and consequences of the Voting Rights Act; title: Vote suppression goes national and Republican; title: The battle over Motor Voter; title: The election of 2000 and its fallout; title: A slight upswing; title: Effects on election outcomes; title: How to increase participation; title: Epilogue : what citizens can do.