Southern Parties and Elections: Studies in Regional Political Change - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081735736X ISBN 13: 9780817357368

Publisher: University Alabama Press, 2012

Synopsis

Southern politics has changed dramatically during the past half century. While new developments have touched virtually every aspect of the region's politics, change has been especially marked in the South's political party and electoral systems. Southern Parties and Elections explores the contemporary developments in party realignment and examines the relationship between regional party change and electoral behavior and the larger patterns in national politics.

About this title

About the Author

Robert P. Steed is a professor of political science at the Citadel and co-editor of the Presidential Election in the South series that began in 1984 through the Citadel Project on the South.

TOD A. BAKER is a Political Science Professor at the Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston.

Barth is an associate professor and chair in the politics department at Hendrix College.

Charles S. Bullock III is the Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Georgia.

Review

“Electorally the South has become bipartisan in recent decades. This collection of excellent studies . . . examines many facets of this southern political change. . . . Very thorough documentation, outstanding bibliography, good index. Strongly recommended for college and university libraries.”—Choice

“This collection asks compelling questions and challenges both political scientists and historians to decipher the incredible political transformation of the South from the days of the Dixiecrats to those of a vibrant Republican Party and threatened Democratic Party.”—North Carolina Historical Review

“Students of southern politics will find the different chapters interesting. . . . The emphasis of the work is on a changebin the South, and in its own way, each essay examines this phenomenon.”—Southeastern Political Review

About this edition

• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 081735736X
• ISBN 13: 9780817357368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Steed Ph.D. Robert P., Moreland Laurence W., Baker Tod A.