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Latinos and the Voting Rights Act : The Search for Racial Purpose.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (319 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739190463
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Latinos and the Voting Rights ActDDC classification:
  • 342.764/072
LOC classification:
  • KFT1620.85.A6F56
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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