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  • Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South

    The Untold Story

    An inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American SouthBeginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee trace the process by which rural white southerners transformed from fiercely loyal Democrats to stalwart Republicans. While these rural white southerners were the ... Read more

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  • The 2020 Presidential Election in the South

    Series series Voting, Elections, and the Political Process
    The 2020 Presidential Election in the South details how the 2020 presidential election developed in the twelve states of the South. This edited volume features preeminent scholars of Southern politics who analyze the momentous Election of 2020. In addition to chapters organized by state, this volume also focuses upon the issues that drove southern voters, the nominations process in early 2020, as ... Read more

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  • The Past, Present, and Future of Southern Politics

    An article from Southern Cultures 18:3, Fall 2012: The Politics Issue

    by Seth C. McKee ...
    “The apparent partisan stability of contemporary southern politics belies a complex and dynamic process that makes it doubtful one party can persist as the dominant force in the most diverse region of the United States . . . This truly ain’t your daddy’s Dixie.”This article appears in the Fall 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook.Southern Cultures is ... Read more

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  • The Dynamics of Southern Politics

    Causes and Consequences

    by Seth C McKee ...
    "I cannot praise the author enough for rising to the challenge of providing students with an accessible trip through time to show the emergence of the one-party South and how the South evolved over time."—Keith Lee, Georgia CollegeTaking a hard look at the changing demographics in the American South, The Dynamics of Southern Politics discusses how this region remains exceptional while also ... Read more

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  • Republican Ascendancy in Southern U.S. House Elections

    by Seth C. McKee ...
    Tremendous transformation marks the last three decades of American politics, and nowhere has this change been as distinctive and penetrating as in the American South. After 120 consecutive years of minority status, the rapid ascendancy of Southern House Republicans in the 1990s has reshaped the contours of contemporary American politics: increasing party polarization, making a Republican House ... Read more

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  • New York Politics: A Tale of Two States

    Completely revised and updated with extensive new material, this acclaimed book offers an inside look at how influence is wielded in Albany. The authors--an Albany-based political scientist and a former State Assembly member, now joined by an expert on both state politics and political blogging and networking--infuse their discussion of institutions and processes with the drama and significance of ... Read more

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  • Clashing Over Commerce

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    A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year: "Tells the history of American trade policy . . . [A] grand narrative [that] also debunks trade-policy myths." — EconomistShould the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such ... Read more

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  • Whistling Past Dixie

    How Democrats Can Win Without the South

    Two generations ago Kevin Phillips challenged Republicans to envision a southern-based national majority. In Whistling Past Dixie, Tom Schaller issues an equally transformative challenge to Democrats: Build a winning coalition outside the South.The South is no longer the "swing" region in American politics -- it has swung to the Republicans. Most of the South is beyond the Democrats' reach, and ... Read more

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  • Defending the Filibuster

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  • In Defense of Judicial Elections

    Series series Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
    One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or should they be subject to the approval of the electorate and the processes that accompany popular control? While this debate is interesting and often quite heated, it usually occurs without reference to empirical ... Read more

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