Why Americans Don't Vote
- ISBN-10
- 0394755499
- ISBN-13
- 9780394755496
- Category
- Poor
- Pages
- 325
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- New York : Pantheon Books
- Authors
- Frances Fox Piven, Richard A. Cloward
Description
Examines personal voter registration, describes its supporters, and what is needed to maintain an active electorate.
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- 1987
- 149 pages
- Ebook
- Greenwood Publishing Group
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