The rights revolution revisited : institutional perspectives on the private enforcement of civil rights in the U.S. / edited by Lynda G. Dodd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

Dodd, Lynda G., 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--Government policy.

Civil rights.

United States.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"The rights revolution in the United States consisted of both sweeping changes in constitutional doctrines and landmark legislative reform, followed by decades of innovative implementation in every branch of the federal government - Congress, agencies, and the courts. In recent years, a growing number of political scientists have sought to integrate studies of the rights revolution into accounts of the contemporary American state. [This book explores] the institutional dynamics, scope, and durability of the rights revolution. By offering an inter-branch analysis of the development of civil rights laws and policies that features the role of private enforcement, this volume enriches our understanding of the rise of the 'civil rights state' and its fate in the current era."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Reassess the rights revolution / Lynda G. Dodd

Approaches to enforcing the rights revolution : private civil rights litigation and the American bureaucracy

Mobilizing rights at the agency level : the first interpretations of Title VII's sex provision / Jennifer Woodward

Motivating litigants to enforce public goods : evidence from employment, housing, and voting discrimination policy / Paul Gardner

Regulatory rights : civil rights agencies, courts, and the entrenchment of language rights / Ming Hsu Chen

Sexual harassment and the evolving civil rights state / R. Shep Melnick

The civil rights template and the Americans with Disabilities Act : a sociological perspective on the promise and limits of individual rights / Thomas F. Burke and Jeb Barnes

Retrenching civil rights litigation : why the court succeeded where Congress failed / Stephen B. Burbank and Sean Farhang

The contours of the Supreme Court's civil rights counterrevolution / Lynda G. Dodd

Constraining aid, retrenching access : legal services after the rights revolution / Sarah Staszak

Rationalizing rights : political control of litigation / David Freeman Engstrom

The future of private enforcement of civil rights / Lynda G. Dodd.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-374) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bruce Alan Miller Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781107164734

1107164737

OCLC:

1006719092

Publisher Number:

99977717712