Southern political party activists : patterns of conflict and change, 1991-2001 / edited by John A. Clark, Charles L. Prysby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, John A. (John Andrew), 1964-

Prysby, Charles L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Southern States.

Political parties.

Political activists--Southern States.

Political activists.

Political culture--Southern States.

Political culture.

Southern States--Politics and government--1951-.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"" 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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8131-9116-5

1-283-23300-2

9786613233004

0-8131-7200-4

OCLC:

67553972