Politics in the New South

This edition of Politics in the New South takes the remarkable story of the transformation of southern politics in the twentieth century up through the virtual triumph of southern Republicanism in the mid-1990s. The book explores not only the fundamental changes that have occurred - in party politics, political leadership, voting rights and black participation - but also the strong continuities in the political culture of the South despite a reversal of party allegiances. There is no richer or more readable introduction to the politics of the South - a region that shows us important aspects of both our past and our future. 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;