Southern Politics in State and Nation

摘要: More than thirty years after its original publication, V. O. Key's classic remains the most influential book on subject. Its author, one of nation's astute observers, drew more five hundred interviews with Southerners to illuminate political process in South and nation.Key's explains party alignments within states, internal factional competition, influence upon Washington. It also probes nature electorate, voting restrictions, operating procedures. This reprint edition includes a new introduction by Alexander Heard profile author William C. Havard. "A monumental accomplishment field investigation." Hodding Carter, New York Times "The raw truth southern behavior." Vann Woodward, Yale Review "[This book] should be 'must' list any student American politics." Ralph J. Bunche V.O. Key (1908-1963) taught science at University California, Los Angeles, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Harvard universities. He was president Political Science Association numerous books, including State Politics: An Introduction (1956); Public Opinion Democracy (1961); The Responsible Electorate (1966)."