Southern Political Tradition

Name: Southern Political Tradition
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ISBN: 9780807144688

ISBN-10: 0807144681

ISBN-13: 9780807144688

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michael Perman

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In "The Southern Political Tradition", the distinguished southern historian, Michael Perman, explores the region's distinctive political practices and behaviors, primarily resulting from the South's perception of itself as a minority under attack from the 1820s to the 1960s. Drawing on his extensive research and understanding of southern politics, Perman singles out three features of the area's political history. Perman calls the first element "The One-Party Paradigm," a political system characterized by one-party dominance rather than competition between two or more. The second feature, "The Frontier and Filibuster Defense," illustrates a dramatic, preemptive response within Congress to…

Book details

List price: $22.50
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: LSU Press
Publication date: 3/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface



The One-Party Paradigm



The Frontier and Filibuster Defense: Origins and Development



The Frontier and Filibuster Defense: Final Phase



The Over-Representation Mechanism



The Dismantling of the Southern Political Tradition


Notes


Index