Jeff Manza, Christopher Uggen

Locked Out (eBook, PDF)

Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

5.4 million Americans--1 in every 40 voting age adults-- are denied the right to participate in democratic elections because of a past or current felony conviction. In several American states, 1 in 4 black men cannot vote due to a felony conviction. In a country that prides itself on universal suffrage, how did the United States come to deny a voice to such a large percentage of its citizenry? What are the consequences of large-scale disenfranchisement--both for election outcomes, and for public policy more generally? Locked Out exposes one of the most important, yet little known, threats to the health of American democracy today. It reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on politics today. Marshalling the first real empirical evidence on the issue to make a case for reform, the authors' path-breaking analysis will inform all future policy and political debates on the laws governing the political rights of criminals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780195348859
• Artikelnr.: 38131648

Autorenporträt

Jeff Manza is Professor of Sociology at New York University. Christopher Uggen is Distinguished McKnight Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Foundations
2: The Racial Origins of Felon Disenfranchisement
3: The Disenfranchised Population
4: The Contemporary Disenfranchisement Regime
5: Political Attitudes, Voting, and Criminal Behavior
6: Disenfranchisement and Civic Reintegration: Felons Speak Out
7: The Impact of Disenfranchisement on Political Participation
8: A Threat to Democracy?
9: Public Opinion and Felon Disenfranchisement
10: Unlocking the Vote
Appendices, Notes, Index