the Voting Rights Act in perspective Grofman, Bernard. Davidson, Chandler. text bibliography conference publication dcu Washington, D.C Brookings Institution c1992 1992 monographic eng

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xiv, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. The Voting Rights Act : a brief history / Chandler Davidson -- Section 5 enforcement and the Department of Justice / Drew S. Days III -- The 1982 amendments of Section 2 and minority representation / Laughlin McDonald -- The 1982 amendments and the voting rights paradox / Timothy G. O'Rourke -- Party politics in the wake of the Voting Rights Act / Edward G. Carmines and Robert Huckfeldt -- The Voting Rights Act and the two reconstructions / J. Morgan Kousser -- Voting rights and the American regulatory state / Hugh Davis Graham -- Expert witness testimony and the evolution of voting rights case law / Bernard Grofman -- Litigation, lobbying, and the voting rights law / Gregory A. Caldeira -- Voting rights and democratic theory : toward a color-blind society? / Bruce E. Cain. Latino political incorporation and the Voting Rights Act / Luis R. Fraga -- Voting rights and democratic theory : where do we go from here? / Lani Guinier -- Some consequences of the Voting Rights Act / Carol M. Swain -- A case-specific approach to implementing the Voting Rights Act / James P. Turner -- Postscript : what is the best way to a color-blind society? / Bernard Grofman and Chandler Davidson. Bernard Grofman, Chandler Davidson, editors. Based on a conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution in November 1990. Includes bibliographical refereances (p. 341-362) and indexes. n-us--- African Americans Suffrage Etats-Unis. Noirs americains Suffrage JK 1924 C764 1992 324.608/0973 0815717504 9780815717508 0815717512 (pbk.) 9780815717515 (pbk.) 92007370 DLC 920220 20230410121016.0 82306