Virginia in the vanguard : political leadership in the 400-year-old cradle of American democracy, 1981-2006 /
Atkinson, Frank B.
University of Virginia.Center for Politics.
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
c2006.
"Published in partnership with the University of Virginia Center for Politics."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-321) and index.
Reversal of fortune : the Democratic southern strategy -- The watershed Robb victory of 1981 -- Improbable journey : Wilder's way to the top -- Swinging suburbs : making money and making history -- Reagan populism and the positive politics of reform -- From insurgent to insider : the 1993 Allen landslide -- John Warner and the politics of independence -- New world : America's oldest legislature transformed -- Taxing times and the tactic of bipartisanship -- Epilogue : a concluding reflection on Virginia's legacy of freedom.
Political leadership