CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Cassone, Kylia Elizabeth |
|---|---|
| Title | Civil Death In The US And The UK: Political Lynching In The Modern Era |
| Summary | In this research paper, I will compare the effects of prisoner disenfranchisement and displacement in United States and the United Kingdom. The effects of which are disproportionately aimed at minority communities, namely black Americans and black, Asian, and ethnic minorities in the UK (BAME). These countries, built on historically racist institutions, effectively and systematically diminish the voting power and equality of political representation of minority communities. The quieting of these voices is discriminatory and alters the makeup of government through elections and the resulting decision-making power, thus distorting the quality and efficacy of democracy. This paper aims to prove that such a distortion with statistics of prison populations, voting trends, and previous election results, is a violation of internationally respected human rights that have lasting and devastating consequences. |
| Supervisor | Bard, Karoly |
| Department | Legal Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/cassone_kylia.pdf |
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