TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flores,Henry
TI  - Latinos and the Voting Rights Act: The Search for Racial Purpose
SN  - 9780739190463
AV  - KFT1620.85.A6F56 
U1  - 342.764/072 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
KW  - United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965
KW  - United States. Congress. House--Election districts
KW  - Apportionment (Election law)--Texas
KW  - Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Texas
KW  - Voter registration--United States
KW  - Minorities--Suffrage--United States
KW  - Election districts--Texas
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Uncovering Racial Purpose in Voting Rights Politics -- Chapter Two. In Search of Racism -- Chapter Three. Racism, the Arlington Heights Factors, and Latinos -- Chapter Four. Latino Identity, Whiteness, and Dual-Race Theory -- Chapter Five. "Do Citizens Select Legislators or Do Legislators Select Their Constituents?" -- Chapter Six. There Is a Method to This Madness -- Chapter Seven. Strategic Racism Uncovered -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
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
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