This groundbreaking volume describes and analyzes grassroots political party organizations in the South. Based upon surveys of county political party committee

Maps the ways political parties remain vital components in the American political system, especially in the eleven states in the South As Tocqueville noted more

" The South continues to be the most distinctive region in American politics. Over the last half century, Democratic dominance in the South has given way to the

The twenty-three essays included in The Oxford Handbook of Southern Politics present a definitive view of the factors that contribute to the South's distinctive

Scholars, journalists, writers, and pundits have long regarded the South as the nation's most politically distinctive region. Its culture, history, and social a