VALUING THE VOTE

THE REDISTRIBUTION OF VOTING RIGHTS AND STATE FUNDS FOLLOWING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, called one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history, generated dramatic increases in black voter registration across the South. We ask whether the increase in black voting rights was accompanied by an increase in blacks’ share of public...

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Volume:	129
Main Author:	Elizabeth U. Cascio Ebonya Washington
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	CARY Oxford University Press 01.02.2014 OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
published in:	The Quarterly journal of economics Vol. 129; no. 1; pp. 379 - 434
Data of publication:	20140201
ISSN:	0033-5533 1531-4650
EISSN:	1531-4650
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	ARTICLES Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Suffrage Economic aspects State finance Economic research Research Social aspects Distributive justice United States POLICY MODELS SERVICES POLITICS INEQUALITY SIZE REPRESENTATION BLACKS WOMENS SUFFRAGE TURNOUT
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2014 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS