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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dodd, Lynda G., 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights.

History.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 379 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

PDF

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. In The Rights Revolution Revisited, a distinguished group of political scientists and legal scholars explore 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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2018).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316691199

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