Unsolid South - Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave

During the Jim Crow era, the Democratic Party dominated the American South, presiding over a racially segregated society while also playing an outsized role in national politics. In this compelling book, Devin Caughey provides an entirely new understanding of electoral competition and national representation in this exclusionary one-party enclave.

About the author

Devin Caughey is the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Chair and associate professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Summary

During the Jim Crow era, the Democratic Party dominated the American South, presiding over a racially segregated society while also playing an outsized role in national politics. In this compelling book, Devin Caughey provides an entirely new understanding of electoral competition and national representation in this exclusionary one-party enclave.

Additional text

"[The Unsolid South] contributes significantly to our understanding of several important questions, including how representation can be witnessed in nondemocratic, one-party states; how lawmakers translate constituent preferences into legislative action; and, more broadly, how politics in the American South developed.—Zachary D. Baumann, Political Science Quarterly"

Product details

• Authors: Devin Caughey
• Assisted by: Ira Katznelson (Editor), Eric Schickler (Editor), Martin Shefter (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780691181790
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18179-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives; Princeton Studies in American; Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives; Princeton Studies in American Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, Political structure and processes