Southern Political Party Activists

by CLARK, JOHN A.; Prysby, Charles L.

• ISBN13: 9780813191164
• ISBN10: 0813191165
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-10
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

" The South continues to be the most distinctive region in American politics. Over the last half century, Democratic dominance in the South has given way to the emergence of a truly competitive two-party system that leans Republican in presidential elections. In some ways, the region is increasingly like the rest of the country, yet even the degree of change and the speed with which it occurred give the South a distinctive air. The contributors to Southern Political Party Activists examine both the development of American political party organizations and the changing political character of the South, focusing on grassroots party activists-those who are involved in party organizations at the county level. John A. Clark is associate professor of political science at Western Michigan University. Charles L. Prysby is professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Studying Southern Political Party Activists	1	(12)
John A. Clark and Charles L. Prysby
Part A Social Factors and Party Conflict
Chapter 2 Religion: Culture Wars in the New South	13	(16)
John A. Clark
Chapter 3 The Continuing Role of Race in Southern Party Organizations	29	(16)
Jay Barth
Chapter 4 Population Movement and Southern Party Activists	45	(14)
Laurence W. Moreland and Robert P. Steed
Part B Political Attitudes of Southern Party Activists
Chapter 5 A Growing Divide: Issue Opinions of Southern Party Activists	59	(14)
Patrick R. Cotter and Samuel H. Fisher III
Chapter 6 Partisan Attachments of Southern Party Activists	73	(18)
Jonathan Knuckey
Chapter 7 Factionalism Transformation in the Two-Party South: It's Getting Harder to Pick a Fight	91	(16)
John J. McGlennon
Chapter 8 Mass-Elite Linkages and Partisan Change in the South	107	(26)
Barbara A. Patrick, Steven D. Shaffer, Patrick R. Cotter, and Samuel H. Fisher III
Part C Organizational Involvement among Southern Party Activists
Chapter 9 Purist versus Pragmatist Orientations among Southern Political Party Activists	133	(16)
Charles L. Prysby
Chapter 10 Motives for Involvement among Grassroots Party Activists in the Modern South	149	(22)
James Newman, Steven D. Shaffer, and David A. Breaux
Chapter 11 Party Activists in Election Campaigns	171	(14)
Robert E. Hogan
Chapter 12 Communication Patterns and Party Integration	185	(12)
John M. Bruce and John A. Clark
Chapter 13 Conclusion: Patterns of Change between and within Party Organizations	197	(12)
Charles L. Prysby and John A. Clark
Appendix SGPA 2001: Description of the Sampling Plan and Response Rates	209	(18)
References	227	(20)
List of Contributors	247	(2)
Index	249