02018nam a2200397 a 4500 EDZ0000093389 StDuBDS 20170913115410.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120813s2012 nyua fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199980017 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS JK2683 .H66 2012 306.20975 23 Hood, M. V. 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. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2012). 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. Southern States Politics and government. Southern States Race relations. Kidd, Quentin. Morris, Irwin L. (Irwin Lester), 1967- Print version 9780199873821 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199873821.001.0001 ddc BK 36490 36490