Eye of the Storm The South and Congress in an Era of Change

Name: Eye of the Storm The South and Congress in an Era of Change
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ISBN: 9780275971144

ISBN-10: 0275971147

ISBN-13: 9780275971144

Edition: 2001

Authors: John C. Kuzenski, Laurence W. Moreland, Robert P. Steed

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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 United States. This collection of the most recent, critical, and thought- provoking literature, written by some of the leading scholars in southern and legislative politics across the country establishes a…

Book details

Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 2/28/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The South and Congress



Electoral Politics



Critical Events in Contemporary Southern Politics: Dynamic Growth and Partisan Percolations




What You See Is ... Essentially ... What You Get: House Races in the Contemporary South




When Legislators Change Sides: The Implications of Party Defections in the South




Congressional Responsiveness to Redistricting-Induced Constituency Change




The Contemporary South and the 1998 Elections




Ideology and Operations



Southern Party Leaders in the Postreform House




The Conscience of the Revolution: Southern Influence in the House Republican "Class of 1994"




It's the Variable, Dummy: The Evolution of Congressional Ideology, 1947-1996




Testing Hypotheses on Increased Ideological Polarization in U.S. House Delegations from the South after Redistricting




Payback or Continuity? GOP Support of the Religious Right in the House of Representatives



Epilogue: The South and Congress in 2000 and Beyond


References


Index


About the Editors and Contributors