After Wallace [[electronic resource] ] : the 1986 contest for governor and political change in Alabama / / Patrick R. Cotter and James Glen Stovall

• Autore: Cotter Patrick R
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.9761/063
• Soggetto topico: Governors - Alabama - Election - History - 20th century; Elections - Alabama - History - 20th century; Political campaigns - Alabama - History - 20th century; Social change - Alabama - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Alabama Politics and government 1951-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: StovallJames Glen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The dominance of George Wallace -- Wallace's final exit -- The Wallace legacy -- The 1986 primary election -- Runoff -- Challenge -- Democratic aftermath -- The general election -- Consequences -- Explanations -- Appendix A: Survey methodology -- Appendix B: Election results.
• Sommario/riassunto: All Alabama elections are colorful, but the 1986 gubernatorial contest may trump them all for its sheer strangeness. With the retirement of an aging and ill George Wallace, both the issues and candidates contending for the office were able to set the course of Alabama politics for generations to follow. Whereas the Wallace regimes were particular to Alabama, and the gubernatorial campaign was conducted in a partial vacuum with his absence, Alabama also experienced a wave of partisan realignment. A once solidly Democratic South was undergoing a tectonic political shift as white voters in l
• Titolo autorizzato: After Wallace
• ISBN: 0-8173-8727-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453311603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II