The rational Southerner : black mobilization, republican growth, and the partisan transformation of the American South / [electronic resource] M.V. Hood III, Quentin Kidd, and Irwin L. Morris. Hood, M. V. Kidd, Quentin. Morris, Irwin L. (Irwin Lester), 1967- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Democratic Party (U.S.) Political culture Southern States. African Americans Southern States Politics and government. Racism Southern States. Party affiliation Southern States. JK2683 .H66 2012 306.20975 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2012). What drove the transformation of post-World War II politics in the South? In The Rational Southerner, M. V. Hood, Quentin Kidd, and Irwin L. Morris develop a theory of relative advantage to explain why whites fled the Democratic Party and what propelled black political mobilization. Collating decades of data, the authors demonstrate that race was, and is, the chief force behind political change in the region. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199873821.001.0001 eng Southern States Politics and government. Southern States Race relations. Southern States. Southern States Southern States. Southern States.