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Felony Disenfranchisement in America : Historical Origins, Institutional Racism, and Modern Consequences. 2nd ed.
・ISBN 978-1-4384-4720-9 paper US$ 36.95
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| 著者・編者 | Pettus, Katherine Irene, |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (State U. New York Pr., US) |
| 出版年月 | 2013 |
| ページ数 | 256 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜604-L453＞ |
解説
Reveals how state felony disenfranchisement laws are undermining American democracy.
State felony disenfranchisement laws that date back to Reconstruction fracture the American electorate into "those who are citizens in the fullest sense of the term," in Aristotle's words, and those who, deprived of political voice, still have the status of slaves. The existence of this "invisible constituency"-approximately 5.8 million or 2.5% of the national voting population-who live alongside the "ruling" enfranchised electorate-is one of the scandals of our generation. In this second edition of Felony Disenfranchisement in America, Katherine Irene Pettus draws on philosophy, history, law, and punishment theory to make the compelling argument that state disenfranchisement policies have collective moral and political significance that transcends the personal tragedy of being legally deprived of full citizenship status. Pettus argues that the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and racially unbalanced disenfranchisement rates distort and disfigure the body politic as a whole, and undermine the legitimacy of the domestic and foreign policies promulgated by our elected representatives.