Format:
1 online resource (265 pages)
ISBN:
9780813172002
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 of the South, focusing on grassroots party activists-those who are involved in party organizations at the county level. John A. Clark is associate professor of political science at Western Michigan University. Charles L. Prysby is professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Content:
Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Studying Southern Political Party Activists -- 2. Religion: Culture Wars in the New South -- 3. The Continuiring Role of Race in Southern Party Organizations -- 4. Population Movement and Southern Party Activists -- 5. A Growing Divide -- 6. Partisan Attachments of Southern Party Activists -- 7. Factional Transformation in the Two-Party South -- 8. Mass-Elite Linkages and Partisan Change in the South -- 9. Purist versus Pragmatist Orientations among Southern Political Party Activists -- 10. Motives for Involvement among Grassroots Party Activists int he Modern South -- 11. Party Activists in Election Campaigns -- 12. Communication Patterns and Party Integration -- 13. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Questionnaire -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813123400
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813123400
Language:
English
