The Southern political tradition / Michael Perman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perman, Michael.

Series:

Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture.

History.

Southern States--Politics and government.

Southern States.

Politics and government.

Political culture--Southern States--History.

Physical Description:

x, 116 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]

Summary:

In The Southern Political Tradition, the distinguished southern historian Michael Perman explores the regions distinctive political practices and behaviors, primarily resulting from the South's perception of itself as a minority under attack from the 1820s to the 1960s. Drawing on his extensive research of southern politics, Perman singles out three features of the areas political history. He calls the first element "The One-Party Paradigm," a political system characterized by one-party dominance rather than competition between two or more. The second feature, "The Frontier and Filibuster Defense," illustrates a dramatic, preemptive response within Congress to any threat to the region's racial order. And in the third, "The Over-Representation Mechanism," Perman describes the skillful manipulation of mechanisms in Congress that resulted in greater influence than the region's relatively small population warranted.

This anomalous tradition has all but disappeared since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Southern Political Tradition offers an insightful and provocative perspective on the South's political history. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The One-Party Paradigm 1

2 The Frontier and Filibuster Defense: Origins and Development 25

3 The Frontier and Filibuster Defense: Final Phase 45

4 The Over-Representation Mechanism 63

5 The Dismantling of the Southern Political Tradition 87.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807144015

0807144010

9780807144688

0807144681

9780807144022

0807144029

9780807144039

0807144037

9780807144046

0807144045

OCLC:

755004241