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Southern Democrats.

From the election of Jimmy Carter to the wide defection of Democrats in the South to the Republican ticket in the Reagan/Bush years, Southern Democrats have played a crucial role in recent American national politics. With the 1992 election of President Clinton, they once again occupy a placeat the c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rae, Nicol C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1994.
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  • List of Tables; Introduction; 1. The South and American Party Factionalism; Factions and Factionalism; American Party Factionalism Before the New Deal; The New Deal, a Period of Transition; American Party Factionalism After the New Deal; The Republicans: Conservative Dominance; Democratic Party Factionalism in the 1990s: A Complex Pattern; Implications; 2. The Old Southern Democracy and Its Erosion, 1876 to 1965; Politics in the Antebellum South: Honor and Slavery; Reconstruction and Restoration: The Forging of the Solid South, 1860 to 1896.
  • The Solid South at High Tide, 1896 to 1948The Civil Rights Movement and the Disintegration of the One-Party South, 1948 to 1965; 3. The Democrats' Presidential Weakness in the South, 1968 to 1988; The Years of Realignment, 1968 and 1972; Analysis of a Realignment; The South and the Democrats' Presidential Nominating Process Since 1968; Jimmy Carter, the Exceptional Case; The Super Tuesday Debacle in 1988; Conclusion: Waiting for Recession?; 4. Southern Democrats in the U.S. Congress; The House; The Rise and Fall of the ""Old South"" in the House; Why Are They Still Democrats?
  • Issues and IdeologySouthern Democrats and the House Democratic Party; Regional Identity and Organization; Southern House Democrats and the National Party; Summary; The Senate; The ""Solid South"" in the U.S. Senate; A New Senate: Ideology and Partisanship; Senate Southern Democrats in the 1990s; Summary; 5. The Conservative Counterattack: The Democratic Leadership Council; The First Phase of the DLC; The DLC's Infrastructure; The DLC's Mission and Policies; The DLC at the Outset of the 1992 Campaign; Conclusion: The Absent Center.
  • 6. The 1992 Election: The South Recaptures the Democratic Party and the White HouseA Big Fish in a Small Pond: The Democratic Field in 1992; The Democratic Primary Campaign; Bill Clinton's Democratic Party: The 1992 Democratic Convention and Perot Mark I; Perot Mark II and the Fall Campaign; The Election Result and the New Democratic Administration; Conclusion; 7. Conclusion: The Future of the Southern Democrats and American Party Factionalism in the 1990s; Southern Democrats and the Clinton Presidency; A New Factional Pattern?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L.
  • Mn; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y.