After 1965: Agonism and the Tragicomedy of the Voting Rights Act

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Democratic Theory

Brief Overview

I consider the 1965 Voting Rights Act and agonism’s critique of liberal democratic politics. Racism in the United States complicates the story of institutions constraining political conflict, which includes democratic dissent of the marginalized.

Author

• Micah Akuezue, University of California-Los Angeles