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

By:

Flores, Henry [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 291 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780739190463
0739190466

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Latinos and the Voting Rights ActDDC classification:

342.764/072 23

LOC classification:

KFT1620.85.A6

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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 mixed-methods research techniques in litigation research.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index.

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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 mixed-methods research techniques in litigation research.

English.

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