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The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics
Now in its seventh edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and shifting demographics in America's southern states. Edited by leading scholars Charles S. Bullock III and Mark J. Rozell, this book has been updated through the 2020 elections to provide the most accurate and useful snapshot of the state of southern politics, and the ways in which they have developed over time. The southern electorate is a fascinating, dynamic body politic, and the study of its evolution is paramount to understanding the broader political developments occurring at a national level. While accessible to any interested reader, this edition illuminates the South's essential and growing role in the study, and the story, of American politics.
This new edition addresses the change in the organization of the states chapters from "Deep South" and "Rim South" to instead "growth states" and "stagnant states," and focuses on how the main divisions among the southern states now impacting their politics are economic and population growth.
This new edition addresses the change in the organization of the states chapters from "Deep South" and "Rim South" to instead "growth states" and "stagnant states," and focuses on how the main divisions among the southern states now impacting their politics are economic and population growth.
346 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 1998
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Charles S. Bullock III
39 books3 followersFrom his faculty bio on listed website:
Charles S. Bullock, III, holds the Richard B. Russell Chair in Political Science and is Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and University Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. He has been at the University of Georgia since 1968, with the exception of two years when he was a Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. In 2005 and 2009, he was a senior fellow at Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute.
In 2015, Dr. Bullock was named University Professor, an honor bestowed on faculty who have had a significant impact on the University of Georgia beyond normal academic responsibilities. The honor was first awarded in 1974, and no more than one University Professor can be named in any year.
Charles S. Bullock, III, holds the Richard B. Russell Chair in Political Science and is Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and University Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. He has been at the University of Georgia since 1968, with the exception of two years when he was a Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. In 2005 and 2009, he was a senior fellow at Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute.
In 2015, Dr. Bullock was named University Professor, an honor bestowed on faculty who have had a significant impact on the University of Georgia beyond normal academic responsibilities. The honor was first awarded in 1974, and no more than one University Professor can be named in any year.
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November 30, 2022
I read the seventh edition for class, and I found it very enlightening and informational. I think that their new alignment theory is too soon to tell if it is plausible, but I think that it has merit. I did not know much about the South, but this was pretty digestible, and I have a new found appreciation for the South. one of the better textbooks I have read.
June 16, 2009
The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics by Charles S. Bullock III (2006)
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