1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813625003321

Autore

Glaser James M. <1960->

Titolo

The hand of the past in contemporary southern politics / / James M. Glaser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-281-73120-X

9786611731205

0-300-13299-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

324.975/043

Soggetti

Elections - Southern States

Political campaigns - Southern States

Party affiliation - Southern States

Political parties - 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 (p. 199-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Morphing of Southern Electoral Politics -- Chapter 1. Seeing Red -- Chapter 2. Give Them He-- -- Chapter 3. The Slow Talker -- Chapter 4. Polis, Polis -- Chapter 5. Krispy Kremed -- Conclusion: Partisan Change and Political Continuity in the South -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A central story of contemporary southern politics is the emergence of Republican majorities in the region's congressional delegation. Acknowledging the significance and scope of the political change, James M. Glaser argues that, nevertheless, strands of continuity affect the practice of campaign politics in important ways. Strong southern tradition underlies the strategies pursued by the candidates, their presentational styles, and the psychology of their campaigns. The author offers eyewitness accounts of recent congressional campaigns in Texas, Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. In the tradition of his award-winning book Race, Campaign Politics, and the Realignment in the South, Glaser captures the "stuff" of politics-the



characters, the images, the rhetoric, and the scenery. Painting a full and fascinating picture of what it is like on the campaign trail, Glaser provides wide-ranging insights into the ways that the "hand of the past" reaches into the southern present.