1st Edition
The Politics of Disenfranchisement Why is it So Hard to Vote in America?
By Richard K. Scher
Copyright 2011
216 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
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Routledge
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We think of our American democracy as being a model for the world--and it has been. But today it compares unfavorably in some respects, especially when it comes to the universal franchise. The right to vote is more conditional and less exercised in the United States than in many other mature democracies. As became clear to all in the presidential election of 2000, when the stakes are high, efforts... Read more
Chapter 1 Trying to Vote in America; Part I Disenfranchisement as Public Policy; Chapter 2 Let Everyone Vote? Not on Your Life!; Chapter 3 Disenfranchising the Marginalized; Part II The Mechanics of Voting; Chapter 4 Keep You from Voting? Yes, We Can!; Chapter 5 So You Cast a Ballot! Will It Count?; Part III Trying to Vote in America; Chapter 6 Gaming the System: Disenfranchisement by Other Means; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Do We Want to Do Better?;
Biography
Richard K. Scher
