{"product_id":"democracy-for-all-9780415950725","title":"Democracy for All","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 2006. Voting is for citizens only, right? Not exactly. It is not widely known that immigrants, or noncitizens, currently vote in local elections in over a half dozen cities and towns in the U.S.; nor that campaigns to expand the franchise to noncitizens have been launched in at least a dozen other jurisdictions from coast to coast over the past decade. These practices have their roots in another little-known fact: for most of the country''s history - from the founding until the 1920s - noncitizens voted in forty states and federal territories in local, state, and even federal elections, and also held.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an immensely valuable and promising project...tackled in a serious and thorough way. This book has a chance to speak to a broad national audience in a clear and accessible manner.\" -- Jamin Raskin, author of \u003cem\u003eOverruling Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDemocracy for All\u003c\/em\u003e is the most thoroughgoing exploration we have of non-citizen voting in the United States, past and present. The issues raised by Hayduk's book - particularly at a time of high rates of immigration - ought to inform public debate in communities across the nation.\" -- Alexander Keyssar, Professor of History and Social Policy, Harvard University, and author of \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRight to Vote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This passionately argued and thoroughly documented work is the best single study of whether to grant electoral rights to immigrant non-citizens. Hayduk carefully, clearly, and compellingly dissects the past, present, and future of one of our era's most important civil rights challenges.\" -- John Mollenkopf, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, City University Graduate Center\u003cbr\u003e\"Millions of long-term non-citizen residents abide in the United States without any formal representation in its democratic political system. Hayduk provides a thorough, and much-needed brief outlining the history, contemporary status, and arguments for (and against) non-citizen voting in the U.S. An excellent source for an important question in American politics today.\" -- Michael Jones-Correa, Department of Government, Cornell University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. Rise and Fall of Immigrant Voting in U.S. History: 1776 to 1926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Return of Immigrant Voting: Demographic Change and Political Mobilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. The Case For Immigrant Voting Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. Contemporary Immigrant Voting: Maryland, New York, and Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI. Campaigns to Restore Immigrant Voting Rights: California, New York, Washington D.C., and Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Future of Immigrant Voting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402159792471,"sku":"9780415950725","price":175.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415950725.jpg?v=1730479567","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracy-for-all-9780415950725","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}