Locked out [electronic resource] : felon disenfranchisement and American democracy /
by Manza, Jeff; Uggen, Christopher.
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BookSeries: Studies in crime and public policy: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 359 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780199943975 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Ex-convicts -- Suffrage -- United States | Political rights, Loss of -- United States | Punishment -- United StatesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The authors expose felon disenfranchisement as one of the most important, yet little known, threats to the health of American democracy. Their book reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on politics election outcomes, and public policy.
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The authors expose felon disenfranchisement as one of the most important, yet little known, threats to the health of American democracy. Their book reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on politics election outcomes, and public policy.
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