How the South was won and the nation lost - The roots and repercussions of the Republican Party's Southernization and Evangelicalization

The 2016 presidential election has shown that the Republican Party is at a crossroads. While a Trump candidacy took even the most seasoned political analysts by surprise, the rise of racially charged anti-elitism within the Grand Old Party has been an ongoing project for the last half a century, initiated and deliberately driven by its leaders and strategists who identified the former Confederacy as the foundation for conservative majorities. This book charts the path of the party's ever increasing Southernization and simultaneous Evangelicalization while providing a detailed assessment of the GOP's future chances of fashioning majorities in a country that is undergoing momentous demographic changes.

About the author

Dr Philipp Adorf is a research asssistant at Bonn University.

Product details

• Authors: Philipp Adorf
• Publisher: V&R unipress
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9783847106227
• ISBN: 978-3-8471-0622-7
• No. of pages: 644
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 232 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 1058 g
• Illustrations: mit 36 Abbildungen
• Series: Internationale Beziehungen. Theorie und Geschichte; Internationale Beziehungen. Theorie und Geschichte 014; Internationale Beziehungen. Theorie und Geschichte; Internationale Beziehungen. Theorie und Geschichte 014
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education