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Ladataan... The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States (2000)Tekijä: Alexander Keyssar
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. This comprehensive history of the franchise is a solid, well-written analysis of who has the right to vote in free, regular elections, which is an integral component of our democratic republic, who is allowed to excercise this privilege and under what circumstances; and how and by whom the votes are counted. Keyssar explores these issues of political philosophy, social theory, power, and public policy in an engaging manner, although it is clear he has a progressive leanings. Keyssar seems to agree with Marx that politics is about class struggle, and the utopian visions of representative democracy collapse in this struggle. I read part of this book years ago, but in this most contentious political season of my lifetime, it was worth reading the whole book. ( ) ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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Most Americans take for granted their right to vote, whether they choose to exercise it or not. But the history of suffrage in the U.S. is, in fact,the story of a struggle to achieve this right by our society's marginalized groups. In The Right to Vote, Duke historian Alexander Keyssar explores the evolution of suffrage over the course of the nation's history. Examining the many features of the history of the right to vote in the U.S.--class, ethnicity, race, gender, religion, and age--the book explores the conditions under which American democracy has expanded and contracted over the years.Keyssar presents convincing evidence that the history of the right to vote has not been one of a steady history of expansion and increasing inclusion, noting that voting rights contracted substantially in the U.S. between 1850 and 1920. Keyssar also presents a controversial thesis: that the primary factor promoting the expansion of the suffrage has been war and the primary factors promoting contraction or delaying expansion have been class tension and class conflict. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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