The End of Inequality: One Person, One Vote and the Transformation of American Politics

The End of Inequality: One Person, One Vote and the Transformation of American Politics
ISBN-10
039393103X
ISBN-13
9780393931037
Category
Political science (General)
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Norton
Authors
Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder

Description

Stephen Ansolabehere and James Snyder detail the history of “one person, one vote” in American political theory and politics, and tell the story of the people—presidents, legislators, judges, lawyers, and ordinary citizens—who fought the battles to define this fundamental feature of American democracy.

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