Unlocking V. O. Key Jr "Southern Politics" for the Twenty-First Century

ISBN-10: 1557289611

ISBN-13: 9781557289612

Edition: 2011

Authors: Angie Maxwell, Todd G. Shields

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Over sixty years ago, political scientist V.O. Key Jr. published his seminal work, Southern Politics in State and Nation. Key's book redefined the field of southern politics and remains one of the most cited and influential works in twentieth-century political science and southern history.In Unlocking V.O. Key Jr., prominent southern scholars in history, political science, and southern and American studies reconsider Key's analysis, debating his omissions as well as highlighting the timeless elements of his work. Charles Reagan Wilson, Kari Frederickson, and Pearl K. Ford argue that Key's exclusion of religion, violence, and African American political participation altered the field of…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Publication date: 5/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 285
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Angie Maxwell is Diane D. Blair Assistant Professor of Southern Studies at the University of Arkansas.



Foreword: The Master, the Acolytes, and the Study of American Politics



Introduction: Unlocking V. O. Key Jr




The Missing Pieces of Southern Politics in State and Nation



The Morality-Driven South: Populists, Prohibitionists, Religion, and V. O. Key Jr.'s Southern Politics




V. O. Key Jr.'s Missing Link: Black Southern Political Culture and Development




World War II, White Violence, and Black Politics in V. O. Key Jr.'s Southern Politics




The Impact of Southern Politics on the Discipline



Unlocking Social Constructions in Southern Politics: V. O. Key Jr.'s Thin Democracy




Before KKV, V. O. Key Jr.: Southern Politics and Social Science Methodology




Reflections on Reading V. O. Key Jr.'s Southern Politics: Race, Politics, and Economics




The Post-Key South



More than Race: Conservatism in the White South since V.O. Key Jr.




Partisan Change in the Post-Key South




V. O. Key Jr.'s Southern Politics: Demographic Changes Will Transform the Region; In-migration and Generational Shifts Speed Up the Process



Conclusion: Evaluating V. O. Key Jr. and Advancing Our Understanding of Southern Politics



Index