Deep Roots - How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics

About the author

Avidit Acharya is associate professor of political science at Stanford University. Matthew Blackwell is associate professor of government at Harvard University. Maya Sen is professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Summary

The lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American SouthDespite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the South has remained staunchly conservative. Southerners are more likely to support Republican candidates, gun rights, and the death penalty, and southern whites harbor

Foreword

The lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American South

Additional text

"Best Book of the Year by one of Politico's Top 50 Thinkers (Sean McElwee)"

Product details

• Authors: Avidit Acharya, Avidit Blackwell Acharya, Matthew Blackwell, Maya Sen
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780691203720
• ISBN: 978-0-691-20372-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government