The Two Reconstructions by Richard M Valelly
Winner of the 2005 J. David Greenstone Book Award from the Politics and History section of the American Political Science Association. Winner of the 2005 Ralph J. Bunche Award of the American Political Science AssociationWinner of the 2005 V.O. Key, Jr. Award of the Southern Political Science Association
The Reconstruction era marked a huge political leap for African Americans, who rapidly went from the status of slaves to voters and officeholders. Yet this hard-won progress lasted only a few decades. Ultimately a "second reconstruction"—associated with the civil rights movement and the Voting Rights Act—became necessary.
How did the first reconstruction fail so utterly, setting the stage for the complete disenfranchisement of Southern black voters, and why did the second succeed? These are among the questions Richard M. Valelly answers in this fascinating history. The fate of black enfranchisement, he argues, has been closely intertwined with the strengths and constraints of our political institutions. Valelly shows how effective biracial coalitions have been the key to success and incisively traces how and why political parties and the national courts either rewarded or discouraged the formation of coalitions.
Revamping our understanding of American race relations, The Two Reconstructions brilliantly explains a puzzle that lies at the heart of America’s development as a political democracy.
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Who Deliberates?
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For the Many or the Few
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Gaining Access
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Actors, Athletes, and Astronauts
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Crosstalk
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Deliberative Choices
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Rational Lives
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The Hollow Hope
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Defining the National Interest
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What Government Can Do
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The Myth of Democratic Failure
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Numbered Voices
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Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War
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Is Anyone Responsible?
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The President in the Legislative Arena
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Taken by Storm
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Race, Redistricting, and Representation
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Divided by Color
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The Political Life of Medicare
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Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement
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Why Congressional Reforms Fail
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The Logic of Delegation
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Common Knowledge
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The Rational Public
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Golden Rule
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After Suffrage
Richard M. (Richard M.) Valelly is a political science professor at Swarthmore College. His works have appeared in the New Republic and the American Prospect, and he is the author of Radicalism in the States, published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226845302 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226845303 |
| Title | The Two Reconstructions |
| Author | Richard M Valelly |
| Series | American Politics And Political Economy Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University Of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2004-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 348 |
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