Institutions and the Right to Vote in America

by Martha E. Kropf

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137301703
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	05/26/2016
Series:	Elections, Voting, Technology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	197
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Institutions and the Norms That Help Maintain Stability
Chapter 3: Chapter 3: The Multiple Laboratories of Democracy
Chapter 4: The Federal Part of the Institution
Chapter 5: Acquiring Voting Rights
Chapter 6: Exercising the Right to Vote
Chapter 7: Finding the Time and Place to Vote
Chapter 9: Choosing Voters: Redistricting and Re-Apportionment
Chapter 10: Implications of Institutionalism for Democracy
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