Southern political party activists
Subtitle: patterns of conflict and change, 1991-2001
By: edited by John A. Clark, Charles L. Prysby.
Contributors: Clark, John A.; Prysby, Charles L.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Political parties -- Southern States.; Political activists -- Southern States.; Political culture -- Southern States.; Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Description: "The essays in Southern Political Party Activists, compiled and edited by John A. Clark and Charles L. Prysby, present the findings of a large-scale survey research project tracing the ways in which county-level political party organizations have adapted in response to the challenges of their new electoral environments." "The findings in Southern Political Party Activists lead to broad and telling conclusions about the nature of the southern political party system at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Also, because researchers have compiled little systematic data on local party organizations in any region of the country, these essays contribute significantly to understanding recent national political developments. By detailing the changes that southern Democrats and Republicans have made in response to the region's shifting political tides and placing those changes within the context of recent scholarship in the field, the authors provide a baseline from which future changes may be measured."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Studying southern political party activists / John A. Clark and Charles L. Prysby; title: Religion : culture wars in the new South / John A. Clark; title: The continuing role of race in southern party organizations / Jay Barth; title: Population movement and southern party activists / Laurence W. Moreland and Robert P. Steed; title: A growing divide : issue opinions of southern party activists / Patrick R. Cotter and Samuel H. Fisher III; title: Partisan attachments of southern party activists / Jonathan Knuckey; title: Factionalism transformation in the two-party South : it's getting harder to pick a fight / John J. McGlennon; title: Mass-elite linkages and partisan change in the South / Barbara A. Patrick, Steven D. Shaffer, Patrick R. Cotter, and Samuel H. Fisher III; title: Purist versus pragmatists : divisions among southern party activists / Charles L. Prysby; title: Motives for involvement among grassroots party activists in the modern South / James Newman, Steven D. Shaffer, and David A. Breaux; title: Party activists in election campaigns / Robert E. Hogan; title: Communication patterns and party integration / John M. Bruce and John A. Clark; title: Conclusion : patterns of change between and within party organizations / Charles D. Hadley.