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Title

Party activists in southern politics : mirrors and makers of change / edited by Charles D. Hadley and Lewis Bowman.

Publication

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1998.

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Additional Authors

• Hadley, Charles D.
• Bowman, Lewis, 1929-2006

Description

xxvi, 214 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The American South in the twentieth century has witnessed more dramatic changes in its political party system than any other region in the country. Once dominated by the Democrats, the South has become solidly two-party. Once a region notorious for its legalized discrimination against African Americans, the South has seen remarkable shifts in its political culture as a result of black enfranchisement. The implications of these and other significant realignments - especially as reflected among grassroots activists in the two major parties - are the focus of this valuable new book." "The essays in this volume analyze and interpret results of the Southern Grassroots Party Activists Project, an in-depth survey sponsored by the National Science Foundation and conducted in the early 1990s among county party committee members and chairs in eleven southern states. The chapters in Part I, "Sociodemographic Factors," investigate the impact of race, religion, generation, and gender on the changing politics of the South. In Part II, "Psychological Factors," the effects of ideology, political issues, and split-party identification are explored. Finally, the essays in Part III, "Political Change," consider the impact of migration and party switching."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Political parties > Southern States
• Political activists > Southern States
• Southern States > Politics and government > 1951-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : party activists and the two-party South / Thomas R. Marshall -- Race and the democratic biracial coalition / Charles D. Hadley and Harold W. Stanley -- Culture wars and religion in the South : the changing character of the party struggle / Tod A. Baker, Robert P. Steed, and Laurence W. Moreland -- Clashing generations : youthful purists challenge pragmatic professionals / Stephen D. Shaffer and David A. Breaux -- Gender differences in careers and policy preferences / William E. Hulbary, Anne E. Kelley, and Lewis Bowman -- Ideology and the Southern party activist : poles apart or reflecting the polls? / John J. McGlennon -- Political issues and political parties / David M. Brodsky and Patrick R. Cotter -- Split-partisan identification / John A. Clark and Brad Lockerbie.

ISBN

0870499998 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97021074^

OCLC

36994514

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library