The Authors of Struggle for Democracy Use a Case Study

question 4

Essay

The authors of Struggle for Democracy use a case study of voting rights legislation passed in the 1960s to illustrate their four-category analytical framework. Which particulars of this case are particularly important to the authors' analytical framework? Which ones, if any, are questionable applications to the framework?

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