Eye Of The Storm
Southern power and influence in Congress has been on the wane in the latter part of the 20th Century, but as the essayists in this collection suggest, the region appears posed to reclaim its influence. While southern legislative politics is still a product of the region's unique history, political experience, racial legacy, and experience with one-partyism, Congress is one of the primary--if not the paramount--battlegrounds where southern politics are making an impact on the rest of the...
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Examines the re-emerging significance of the South in Congress. Booknews These ten essays discuss the electoral politics, ideology, and operations in the South, during the period from the end of World War II to present. Specific chapters discuss House races, party defectors, redistricting, the 1998 elections, party leaders in the House, Congressional identity, ideological polarization, and the religious right. Contributors include political scientists from around the United States. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
IntroductionCritical Events in Contemporary Southern Politics: Dynamic Growth and Partisan Percolations by Ronald Keith Gaddie and Donna R. HoffmanWhat You See Is...Essentially...What You Get: House Races in the Contemporary South by Stanley P. Berard and David W. RohdeWhen Legislators Change Sides: The Implications of Party Defections in the South by James M. GlaserCongressional Responsiveness to Redistricting-Induced Constituency Change by Christine L. SharpeThe Contemporary South and the 1998 Elections by Charles S. Bullock IIISouthern Party Leaders in the Postreform House by Ronald M. Peters, Jr.The Conscience of the Revolution: Southern Influence in the House Republican "Class of 1994" by Nicol C. RaeIt's the Variable, Dummy: The Evolution of Congressional Ideology, 1947-1996 by Frank B. Feigert and Michael AultTesting Hypotheses on Increased Ideological Polarization in U.S. House Delegations from the South After Redistricting by Allison L. Hayes and Kenneth A. WinkPayback or Continuity? GOP Support of the Religious Right in the House of Representatives by Mark Caleb SmithEpilogue: The South and Congress at the End of the Twentieth CenturyReferencesIndex
\ BooknewsThese ten essays discuss the electoral politics, ideology, and operations in the South, during the period from the end of World War II to present. Specific chapters discuss House races, party defectors, redistricting, the 1998 elections, party leaders in the House, Congressional identity, ideological polarization, and the religious right. Contributors include political scientists from around the United States. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
