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This edition of Politics in the New South takes the fascinating story of the transformation of southern politics during the twentieth century up through the present day and the virtual triumph of southern Republicanism. In addition to the obvious fundamental changes that have occurred in party politics, political leadership, civil rights and black participation in southern politics, the book also stresses strong continuities in the political culture. The distinctive "southernness" of the region's politics has been preserved in its basic political conservatism, despite a reversal of party allegiances.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Seeking the New South; Part 1 The Traditional South; Chapter 2 Race and Poverty in the Twentieth-Century South; Chapter 3 Race, Democrats, and Old Style Southern Politics; Part 2 Toward the Two-Party South: The Rise of Southern Republicanism; Chapter 4 Out of the Closet: Southern Republicans and Presidential Elections; Chapter 5 Johnnies Come Lately: Southern Republicanism in State and Local Politics; Part 3 Civil Rights and Black Political Participation in the South; Chapter 6 “I Have a Dream”: Toward the Civil Rights Movement; Chapter 7 ”We Shall Overcome”: The Politics of the Civil Rights Movement; Chapter 8 “Free at Last”?: The Civil Rights Movement in Retrospect; Part 4 Political Leadership: Southern Governors; Chapter 9 Steering the Ship of State: The Southern Governorship; Chapter 10 Red Galluses No More: The Leadership of Southern Governors; Part 5 Conclusion; Chapter 11 The New South;
Summary
This edition brings the story of 20th-century Southern politics up to the present day and the virtual triumph of Southern Republicanism. It considers the changes in party politics, leadership, civil rights and black participation in Southern politics.
