Institutions and the Right to Vote in America

Author:   Martha E. Kropf
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
ISBN:  

9781137301697


Pages:   197
Publication Date:   17 June 2016
Format:   Hardback
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This book explores how the United States institutions of democracy have affected a citizen’s ability to participate in politics.  The 2000 election and the ensuing decade of research demonstrated that that the institutions of elections vitally affect participation.  This book examines turnout and vote choice, as well as elections as an institution, administration of elections and the intermediaries that affect a citizen’s ability to cast a vote as intended. Kropf traces the institutions of franchise from the Constitutional Convention through the 2012 election and the general themes of how institutions have changed increasing, democratization and production federal growth over time in the United States. 

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Author:   Martha E. Kropf
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.483kg
ISBN:  

9781137301697


ISBN 10:   1137301694
Pages:   197
Publication Date:   17 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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List of Tables and FiguresChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Institutions and the Norms That Help Maintain StabilityChapter 3: Chapter 3: The Multiple Laboratories of DemocracyChapter 4: The Federal Part of the Institution Chapter 5: Acquiring Voting RightsChapter 6: Exercising the Right to VoteChapter 7: Finding the Time and Place to VoteChapter 9: Choosing Voters: Redistricting and Re-ApportionmentChapter 10: Implications of Institutionalism for DemocracySources Cited

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Martha E. Kropf is Professor of Political Science and Interim Director of the Public Policy Program at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA. She has authored numerous scholarly articles concerning elections, election reform, and voting. She is the coauthor, along with David C. Kimball, of Helping America Vote: The Limits of Election Reform (2012).

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