Unlocking V.O. Key Jr. : Southern politics for the twenty-first century / edited by Angie Maxwell and Todd G. Shields.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maxwell, Angie, 1978-

Shields, Todd G., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Key, V. O. (Valdimer Orlando), 1908-1963. Southern politics in state and nation--Congresses.

Political culture.

Politics and government.

Southern States--Politics and government--21st century--Congresses.

Political culture--Southern States--Congresses.

Southern States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011.

Summary:

Over sixty years ago, political scientist V. 0. Key Jr. published Southern Politics in State and Nation, a book that redefined the field of southern politics and remains one of the most cited and influential works in twentieth-century political science and southern history.

In Unlocking V.O. Key Jr., prominent southern scholars in history, political science, and southern and American studies reconsider Key's analysis, debating his omissions as well as highlighting the timeless elements of his work. Supported with a foreword by Byron E. Shafer that provides an overview of Key's major contributions as a political scientist, and concluding with Wayne Parent's discussion of Key and the contemporary student, Unlocking V.O. Key Jr. is a must-read companion to the classic Southern Politics in State and Nation. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword : the master, the acolytes, and the study of American politics / Byron E. Shafer

Introduction : unlocking V.O. Key Jr. / Todd Shields and Angie Maxwell

The morality-driven South : populists, prohibitionists, religion, and V.O. Key Jr.'s Southern politics / Charles Reagan Wilson

V.O. Key Jr.'s missing link : Black southern political culture and development / Pearl Ford Dowe

World War II, white violence, and Black politics in V.O. Key Jr.'s Southern politics / Kari Frederickson

Unlocking social constructions in Southern politics : V.O. Key Jr.'s thin democracy / Margaret Reid

Before KKV, V.O. Key Jr. : southern politics and social science methodology / Ronald Keith Gaddie and Justin J. Wert

Reflections on reading V.O. Key Jr.'s Southern politics : race, politics, and economics / Harold W. Stanley

More than race : conservatism in the white South since V.O. Key Jr. / Dan T. Carter

Partisan change in the post-key South / Byron E. Shafer and Richard Johnston

V.O. Key Jr.'s Southern politics : demographic changes will transform the region : in-migration and generational shifts speed up the process / Susan A. MacManus

Conclusion : evaluating V.O. Key Jr. and advancing our understanding of southern politics / Wayne Parent.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781557289612

1557289611

OCLC:

722843216