Alec C Ewald

Criminal Disenfranchisement in an International Perspective Alec C Ewald

Marc Notes: Originally published: 2009.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; 8; This collection of original essays by leading scholars and advocates offers the first international examination of the nature, causes, and effects of laws regulating voting by people with criminal convictions.. Table of Contents: Contributors -- Foreword: Waves of Democracy and Criminal Disenfranchisement / Jeff Manza -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Alec Ewald, Brandon Rottinghaus -- Part 1. Contemporary Disenfranchisement Law -- 1. Voting Rights and Human Rights: A Comparative Analysis of Criminal Disenfranchisement Laws / Laleh Ispahani -- 2. Punishment and Social Exclusion: National Differences in Prisoner Disenfranchisement / Christopher Uggen, Mischelle Van Brakle, Heather McLaughlin -- Part II. Disenfranchisement in Comparative Perspective: Legal and Political Approaches -- 3. U. S. Felon Disenfranchisement: Parting Ways with Western Europe / Nora V. Demleitner -- 4. The Right to Universal, Equal, and Nondiscriminatory Suffrage as a Norm of Customary International Law: Protecting the Prisoner's Right to Vote / Richard J. Wilson -- 5. Our 'Crooked Timber': Why Is American Punishment So Harsh? / Elizabeth A. Hull -- Part III. Voting Rights and People with Criminal Convictions: Case Studies -- 6. The Politics and Legality of Prisoner Disenfranchisement in Australian Federal Elections / Ronnit Redman, David Brown, Bryan Mercurio -- 7. The Campaign for Prisoner Voting Rights in Ireland / Claire Hamilton, Rick Lines -- 8. The Ballot as a Bulwark: Prisoners' Right to Vote in South Africa / Lukas Muntingh, Julia Sloth-Nielsen -- 9. The Right to Vote in Danish Prisons / Anette Storgaard -- 10. In Defense of Prisoner Disenfranchisement / Christopher P. Manfredi -- Index. Publisher Marketing: This collection of original essays by leading scholars and advocates offers the first international examination of the nature, causes, and effects of laws regulating voting by people with criminal convictions.

Contributor Bio:  Ewald, Alec C Brandon Rottinghaus is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. He holds a Ph. D. in political science from Northwestern University. His primary research and teaching interests include the presidency, public opinion, democracy, and research methods. His work on these subjects has appeared in Journal of Politics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Political Communication, PS: Political Science, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and others. His work also extends into comparative politics (especially comparative political behavior and voting rights), and he has published work in Latin American Politics and Society and Electoral Studies. He is the author of the white paper 'Incarceration and Enfranchisement: International Practices, Impact and Recommendations for Reform' for the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). Contributor Bio:  Rottinghaus, Brandon Brandon Rottinghaus is an associate professor of political science and Senator Don Henderson Scholar at the University of Houston. Professor Rottinghaus is the co-founder of the Presidential Proclamations Project, an online resource documenting presidential use of unilateral powers through executive proclamation. His most recent book is The Provisional Pulpit: Modern Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion (2010).