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Felony Disenfranchisement in America
Katherine Irene Pettus
其他書名
Historical Origins, Institutional Racism, and Modern Consequences
出版SUNY Press, 2013-04-01
主題Political Science / Law EnforcementPolitical Science / Political Process / Campaigns & ElectionsSocial Science / Criminology
ISBN14384472059781438447209
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TNFG0mkYsAEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.