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Stealing democracy : the new politics of voter suppression / Spencer Overton.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Overton, Spencer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections--United States.
- Elections.
- United States.
- Voting--United States.
- Voting.
- Representative government and representation--United States.
- Representative government and representation.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, [2006]
- Summary:
- Overton uses real-life stories to show how seemingly insignificant factors--such as how many booths are at polling sites and how district boundaries are drawn--channel political power and determine policies on war, schools, clean air, and other life-affecting issues.
- Contents:
- How to rig elections
- Patchwork democracy
- Does race still matter?
- No backsliding
- La Sociedad Abierta
- Fraud or suppression?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393061590
- OCLC:
- 63187420
- Publisher Number:
- 9780393061598
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