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The new politics of North Carolina / edited by Christopher A. Cooper & H. Gibbs Knotts.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-.
- North Carolina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Political scientist V. O. Key in 1949 described North Carolina as a ""progressive plutocracy."" He argued that in the areas of industrial development, public education, and race relations, North Carolina appeared progressive when compared to other southern states. Reconsidering Key's evaluation nearly sixty years later, contributors to this volume find North Carolina losing ground as a progressive leader in the South. The ""new politics"" of the state involves a combination of new and old: new opportunities and challenges have forced the state to change, but the old culture still remains a pow
- Contents:
- The seeds of modern North Carolina politics / Thomas F. Eamon
- How southern is the old north state? : public opinion in North Carolina / Timothy Vercellotti
- The reshaping of the political party system in North Carolina / Charles Prysby
- Interest groups and lobbying in North Carolina : density, diversity, and regulation / Adam J. Newmark
- Mass media in North Carolina politics : watchdog mutes its bark / Ferrel Guillory
- North Carolina governors : from campaigning to governing / Jack D. Fleer
- The people's branch : reassessing the N.C. General Assembly / Christopher A. Cooper
- North Carolina's judicial system : the forgotten branch of government / Ruth Ann Strickland
- Conflict or cooperation? : local governments, intergovernmental relations, and federalism in North Carolina / Sean Hildebrand and James H. Svara
- Environmental politics in the Tar Heel state : an ambivalent legacy / Dennis O. Grady and Jonathan Kanipe
- Education in the Tar Heel state : public elementary, secondary, and higher education in North Carolina / Hunter Bacot
- Conclusion: Rethinking progressivism and governance in North Carolina / Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890881151
- 9781469606583
- 1469606585
- OCLC:
- 823170193
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