TY - BOOK AU - Grofman,Bernard AU - Davidson,Chandler TI - Controversies in minority voting: the Voting Rights Act in perspective SN - 0815717504 AV - JK 1924 C764 1992 U1 - 324.608/0973 PY - 1992/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution KW - Etats-Unis KW - Voting Rights Act of 1965 KW - African Americans KW - Suffrage KW - Noirs americains N1 - Based on a conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution in November 1990; Includes bibliographical refereances (p. 341-362) and indexes; 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 ER -