Tyranny of the Majority
Funamental Fairness in Representative Democracy
$43.98
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
28 April 1995
Summary
At last…the public hearing she was denied…These essays reveal keen powers of analysis applied to some of the most obdurate problems that bedevil electoral politics. Anyone who cares about the mechanisms of democracy should be engaged by her tough-minded explorations. It doesn’t matter where you think you stand: it’s all here, to argue or agree with. – Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Lani Guinier’s fascinating book is a prophetic intervention into a public conversation we desperately need to rejuvenat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780029131695 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0029131693 |
| Author: | Lani Guinier |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | The Free Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 1995 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 28mm |
About The Author
Lani Guinier
Lani Guinier was the first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School in 1998. In the 1980s, she served as a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and was the Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights during the Carter Administration. She has published Becoming Gentlemen, Lift Every Voice, and The Miner’s Canary.
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