Disenfranchising Democracy: Constructing the Electorate in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France
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Disenfranchising Democracy: Constructing the Electorate in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France

Disenfranchising Democracy: Constructing the Electorate in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France

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David A. Bateman (Author)  

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The first wave of democratization in the United States - the removal of property and taxpaying qualifications for the right to vote - was accompanied by the disenfranchisement of African American men, with the political actors most supportive of the former also the most insistent upon the latter. The United States is not unique in this respect: other canonical cases of democratization also saw simultaneous expansions and restrictions of political rights, yet this pattern has never been fully detailed or explained. Through case studies of the USA, the UK, and France, Disenfranchising Democracy offers the first cross-national account of the relationship between democratization and disenfranchisement. It develops a political institutional perspective to explain their co-occurrence, focusing on the politics of coalition-building and the visions of political community coalitions advance in support of their goals. Bateman sheds new light on democratization, connecting it to the construction of citizenship and cultural identities. Worked examples or Exercises; 5 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white
David A. Bateman is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, New York. He is co-author of Southern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction (forthcoming).
  • Contributor: David A. Bateman
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781108470193
  • Number of Pages: 368
  • Packaged Dimensions: 158x235x24mm
  • Packaged Weight: 630
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2018-10-25
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: David A. Bateman is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, New York. He is co-author of Southern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction (forthcoming).

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