1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449820803321

Autore

Quammen David <1948->

Titolo

The Origin of species [[electronic resource] ] : descent of a text, with modification / / David Quammen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Library of Congress, 2002

ISBN

0-8444-9534-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (40 p.)

Collana

A Bradley lecture series publication

Disciplina

576.8/2

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology)

Natural selection

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787380003321

Autore

Aistrup Joseph A. <1960->

Titolo

The southern strategy revisited : Republican top-down advancement in the South / / Joseph A. Aistrup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

0-8131-3096-4

0-8131-4792-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Disciplina

324.2734/0975/09045

Soggetti

Elections - Southern States

Southern States Politics and government 1951-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables, and Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section 1 ; Chapter 1 Seeds of Change; Chapter 2 The Rhetoric of the Southern Strategy; Chapter 3 Colonizing the South; Chapter 4 Contesting and Winning Elections; Section 2; Chapter 5 Ideology: Conservatives versus Moderates; Chapter 6 Intraparty Coalition Politics: The Coleman Paradox; Chapter 7 The Redistricting Explanation; Chapter 8 Democratic Incumbency; Chapter 9 Top Down Advancement; Chapter 10 The Southern Strategy and Top-Down Advancement: Conclusion; Appendix 1 Interviews

Appendix 2 Demographic ClustersAppendix 3 Measures of Policy Conservatism; Appendix 4 Pool Time-Series Design; Appendix 5 The Measurement of Republican Subnational Advancement; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

The 1994 elections represented a watershed year for southern Republicans. For the first time since Reconstruction, they gained control of a majority of national seats and governorships. Yet, despite these impressive gains, southern Republicans control only three of twenty-two state legislative chambers and 37 percent of state legislative seats. Joseph A. Aistrup addresses why this divergence



between the national and subnational levels persists even after GOP national landslides in 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1994.Explanations for this divergence lie in the interaction between the Republicans'