Movers and stayers : the partisan transformation of twenty-first century Southern politics
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780190052898, 0190052899, 9780190052904, 0190052902
Physical Desc
x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Morris County Library - Adult Reference
REF 324.273 MOR
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REF 324.273 MOR
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Morris County Library - Adult Reference | REF 324.273 MOR | Non-circulating |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Demography -- Political aspects -- Southern States.
Migration, Internal -- Political aspects -- Southern States.
Party affiliation -- Southern States.
Political culture -- Southern States.
Political parties -- Southern States -- History -- 21st century.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Migration, Internal -- Political aspects -- Southern States.
Party affiliation -- Southern States.
Political culture -- Southern States.
Political parties -- Southern States -- History -- 21st century.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021].
Language
English
ISBN
9780190052898, 0190052899, 9780190052904, 0190052902
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
""Democrats dominate the "Solid South". By the turn of the 21st century, Republicans had taken control. We are in the midst of the dawning of new, more progressive era. Theories explaining Republican growth provide little guidance, but a new perspective--Movers and Stayers theory--explains this recent growth in Democratic support and the ways in which population growth has produced it. Migratory patterns play a significant role in southern politics. Young, well-educated in-migrants fostered Republican growth in the last century. Today, these increasingly progressive young, well-educated movers are growing the Democratic Party. Movers bring their politics to their new communities. Their progressivism fosters the same among long-term residents (stayers) in their new communities. But the declining communities they left show the effects of their exit. In our racialized partisan environment, white stayers respond to the threat of declining communities by shifting to the right and identifying with the Republican Party. Conversely, African Americans respond to community threat by becoming more progressive. Few Latinos live in declining communities. While movers of retirement age are more conservative than younger movers, they are more liberal than those who retire in place--not quite the demographic windfall Republicans in aging areas have hoped for. These dynamics are altering the southern political landscape, and differences between growing areas and declining areas are accelerating. Absent a wholesale reinvention of southern politics along the lines of class or (possibly) age, the current partisan trajectory does not bode well for Republicans. The COVID-19 pandemic will not change that"--,Provided by publisher
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Morris, I. L. 1. (2021). Movers and stayers: the partisan transformation of twenty-first century Southern politics . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morris, Irwin L. 1967-. 2021. Movers and Stayers: The Partisan Transformation of Twenty-first Century Southern Politics. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Morris, Irwin L. 1967-. Movers and Stayers: The Partisan Transformation of Twenty-first Century Southern Politics Oxford University Press, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Morris, Irwin L. 1967-. Movers and Stayers: The Partisan Transformation of Twenty-first Century Southern Politics Oxford University Press, 2021.
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