{"product_id":"southern-democrats-paperback","title":"Southern Democrats - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicol C. Rae\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 place at the center of the American political stage. A timely examination of this important phenomenon in American politics, \u003cem\u003eSouthern Democrats\u003c\/em\u003e traces the history of this influential regional faction and gauges the extent and nature of Southern Democratic influence in congressional and presidential politics today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicol Rae argues that the Southern Democrats remain a distinctive faction despite the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which initiated the end of the social and economic system that had previously bound them together. The only surviving political faction based on regional--rather than ideological--concerns, they have nevertheless evolved from being a deviant element within the party to coming closer to the national Democratic norm which is most apparent in civil rights issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on interviews with many southern politicians and memoirs and accounts of past campaigns, Rae deals with the success of Southern Democrat and Democratic Leadership Council leader Bill Clinton in winning the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination, and reveals the changing role of Southern Democrats in internal party politics and national elections. He concludes with an overall assessment of the present and future state of this important southern wing of the Democratic party.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicol C. Rae\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida International University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Decline and Fall of the Liberal Republicans\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 1989).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.21 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354212974841,"sku":"9780195087093","price":50.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aUIrWDNNL0dNa2xzdnRNN1hKbDlBQT09.webp?v=1769833131","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/southern-democrats-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}