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The southern strategy revisited : Republican top-down advancement in the South /

The 1994 elections represented a watershed year for southern Republicans. For the first time since Reconstruction, they gained control of a majority of national seats and governorships. Yet, despite these impressive gains, southern Republicans control only three of twenty-two state legislative chamb...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Aistrup, Joseph A., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1996.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Seeds of change
  • The rhetoric of the southern strategy
  • Colonizing the south
  • Contesting and winning elections
  • Ideology: conservatives versus Moderates
  • Intraparty coalition politics: the Coleman paradox
  • The redistricting explanation
  • Democratic incumbency
  • Top down advancement
  • The southern strategy and top-daoen advancement: conclusion.