Party organization and activism in the American South / edited by Robert P. Steed [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steed, Robert P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Southern States.

Political parties.

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

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These new essays map the ways political parties remain vital components in the American political system, especially in the eleven states in the South. As Tocqueville noted more than 100 years ago, ""No countries need associations more . . . than those with a democratic social state."" Although some contemporary observers see a decline in associations, especially in the political sphere, the contributors in this volume argue not only that political parties remain an essential component of the American political system but also that grassroots political groups have revitalized

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Local Political Parties and Party Scholarship; Part One: Individuals in Organizations; 1. Recruiting Activists; 2. Activists' Incentives; 3. Purist versus Pragmatic Orientations; 4. Ambition and Local Party Activists; Part Two: Activities in Organizations; 5. Parties, Ideology, and Issues: The Structuring of Political Conflict; 6. Party Maintenance Activities; 7. Campaign Activities; 8. Communication Patterns; Part Three: Party and the Environment; 9. Factions in the Politics of the New South; 10. Mass/Elite Linkage

11. Strength of Party Attachment 12. Party Activists as Agents of Change: Women, Blacks, and Political Parties in the South; 13. Summing Up: Organization and Activism at the Grassroots Level in the 1990's; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8668-8

0-585-14106-1

OCLC:

827207301