UID:
almafu_9959227852702883
Format:
1 online resource (265 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-23300-2
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9786613233004
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0-8131-7200-4
Content:
"" The South continues to be the most distinctive region in American politics. Over the last half century, Democratic dominance in the South has given way to the emergence of a truly competitive two-party system that leans Republican in presidential elections. In some ways, the region is increasingly like the rest of the country, yet even the degree of change and the speed with which it occurred give the South a distinctive air. The contributors to Southern Political Party Activists examine both the development of American political party organizations and the changing political character o
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Studying southern political party activists / John A. Clark and Charles L. Prysby -- Religion : culture wars in the new South / John A. Clark -- The continuing role of race in southern party organizations / Jay Barth -- Population movement and southern party activists / Laurence W. Moreland and Robert P. Steed -- A growing divide : issue opinions of southern party activists / Patrick R. Cotter and Samuel H. Fisher III -- Partisan attachments of southern party activists / Jonathan Knuckey -- Factionalism transformation in the two-party South : it's getting harder to pick a fight / John J. McGlennon -- Mass-elite linkages and partisan change in the South / Barbara A. Patrick, Steven D. Shaffer, Patrick R. Cotter, and Samuel H. Fisher III -- Purist versus pragmatists : divisions among southern party activists / Charles L. Prysby -- Motives for involvement among grassroots party activists in the modern South / James Newman, Steven D. Shaffer, and David A. Breaux -- Party activists in election campaigns / Robert E. Hogan -- Communication patterns and party integration / John M. Bruce and John A. Clark -- Conclusion : patterns of change between and within party organizations / Charles D. Hadley.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8131-3742-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8131-2340-2
Language:
English
