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“The latter-day General Grant”: forceful federal power and civil rights

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Progress toward racial equality requires the engagement of the American state, centered in the presidency and the executive branch, and in fact is not possible without the state's direct and forceful intervention. The key to this transformation is what we call “Forceful Federalism,” a multidimensional understanding of the American state. Forceful Federalism has four essential dimensions: standard-setting, coercion, associationalism, and fiscal authority. These four processes rise and fall ove...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1017/rep.2020.19

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Journal website
Volume:
6
Issue:
3
Pages:
529-564
Publication date:
2020-08-03
Acceptance date:
2020-05-18
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EISSN:
2056-6085
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1108002
Local pid:
pubs:1108002
Deposit date:
2020-06-02

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