Democracy Heading South
Subtitle: National Politics in the Shadow of Dixie
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: April 26, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780700610891
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; United States - State & Local - General; Politics/International Relations; Political Process - General; U.S. Local History - Southern States; U.S. Political History; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics and government; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Democracy; Southern States; History & Theory - General; United States; 1865-; 1989-; Political culture
Description: "In this book, Cochran links regional to national politics to show how our political institutions have come to resemble those of the old Solid South. The regional politics of that earlier era, he reminds us, offered little real political choice, was dominated by one-party politics, answered to well-heeled special interests, stoutly resisted federal power, ignored the region's festering racism, and promoted demagoguery and personality over substance and true accountability.

For Cochran, the sense of deja vu is overwhelming - and alarming."--BOOK JACKET.