TY - BOOK AU - Flores,Henry TI - Latinos and the Voting Rights Act: the search for racial purpose SN - 9780739190463 AV - KFT1620.85.A6 U1 - 342.764/072 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Lanham, Maryland PB - Lexington Books KW - United States KW - Voting Rights Act of 1965 KW - Congress KW - House KW - Election districts KW - fast KW - Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States) KW - Apportionment (Election law) KW - Texas KW - Hispanic Americans KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Voter registration KW - Minorities KW - Suffrage KW - Répartition des sièges KW - Circonscriptions électorales KW - LAW KW - Constitutional KW - bisacsh KW - Public KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1026571 ER -