How the South was won and the nation lost (eBook)

The roots and repercussions of the Republican Party's Southernization and Evangelicalization

Philipp Adorf (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
644 Seiten
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Unipress (Verlag)
9783847006220 (ISBN)

Infos

Die Republikanische Partei dominierte zwischen den späten 1960er und 80er Jahren die Präsidentschaftswahlen in den Vereinigten Staaten. Vier der letzten sechs Wahlen sind jedoch verloren gegangen. Dieses Werk sieht die Gründe hinter dieser Krise im Versuch der Partei, während und nach dem Kampf der schwarzen Minderheit für ihre Bürgerrechte in den 1960er Jahren, die weißen (oft evangelikalen) Wähler des Südens auf ihre Seite zu bringen. In einem Land, in dem der weiße Bevölkerungsanteil stetig sinkt und junge Wähler säkularer denn je sind, finden sich die weißen Wähler des Südens immer öfter auf der Verliererseite der in Washington, D.C. ausgetragenen politischen Schlachten - und mit ihnen auch die Republikanische Partei.

Dr Philipp Adorf is a research asssistant at Bonn University.

Inhalt

Title Page 4
Copyright 5
Table of Contents 6
Body 10
List of illustrations 10
Acknowledgments 18
Introduction 20
Part I: The conquest of the South 42
I.1 “Sooner or later the trail of inquiry leads to the Negro.” – The centrality of race in Southern politics and its Republican realignment 44
I.1.1 The theory of racial resentment 53
I.1.2 Strangers in their own home – African-American Democratic dominance and its white backlash 65
I.1.3 At the confluence of racial resentment and the white backlash – The GOP's Southern Strategy 82
I.1.4 The art of coded appeals, the spillover of race, and their effects on the GOP 95
I.1.5 The continued ubiquity of race in the South 110
I.2 The integral role of Christian conservatism in the Southern realignment 118
I.2.1 America's preacher and its culture warriors – The intricate ties between the South and the Christian Right 121
I.2.2 The alliance between the Christian Right and the GOP 131
I.3 Reagan – The final push for realignment 146
I.3.1 Reagan and the Christian Right 148
I.3.2 Reagan and race 160
I.3.3 The legitimate heir to Wallace – Reagan's lasting impact on the Republican Party 171
Part II: The southernized and evangelized Republican Party and its future prospects 180
II.1 The Southernization of the Republican Party across all levels 182
II.1.1 Growth in Southern representation within the congressional Republican Party 183
II.1.2 The rift between Southern and non-Southern Republicans in the U.S. House 197
II.1.3 Southern partisan trends in presidential elections 221
II.1.4 Southernization of the GOP – Polarization of the nation 244
II.1.5 Conclusion: The continued exceptionalism of Southern whites and its impact on the GOP 263
II.2 The Evangelicalization of the Republican Party across all levels 272
II.2.1 White evangelical Protestants as the backbone of the contemporary Republican electorate 277
II.2.2 The Christian Right's power within Republican state parties 287
II.2.3 The Republican culture of non-compromise and its evangelical roots 299
II.2.4 The economic conservatism of white evangelical Protestants and its role as an impediment for future Republican majorities 317
II.2.5 The Gap between white Evangelicals, their Southern homeland and the rest of the nation on gay rights 330
II.2.6 Conclusion: The lasting impact of the Republican Party's Evangelicalization 342
II.3 Wallace won after all – The Tea Party 350
II.3.1 Tea Party conservatism 361
II.3.1.1 Racial conservatism 381
II.3.1.2 Social and religious conservatism 402
II.3.2 Activism 417
II.3.3 Views on compromise 424
II.3.4 Asset or burden? 431
II.4 The Changing Face of America and what it means for the GOP 438
II.4.1 Changing demographics and the emerging majority-minority nation 442
II.4.2 Hispanics – Republicans who just don't know it yet? 449
II.4.3 Trends within the Hispanic community that could favor the GOP 468
II.4.4 Virginia, Colorado, Nevada – Who will be next to turn blue? 481
II.4.5 Today's young voters – Dark blue but fading? 495
II.4.6 The secularization of America 512
II.4.7 Additional changes in the electorate – The shrinking Republican base 519
II.4.8 The graying of America 525
II.4.9 General conclusion regarding demographic trends 534
II.5 Conclusion: Has the nation been lost by winning the South? 542
Bibliography 566
Index 640

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.10.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Internationale Beziehungen. Theorie und Geschichte
• Reihe/Serie: Internationale Beziehungen. Theorie und Geschichte.
• Reihe/Serie: Internationale Beziehungen. Theorie und Geschichte.
• Zusatzinfo: mit 36 Abbildungen
• Verlagsort: Göttingen
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Barry • Christian Right • Demographie • George • goldwater • Goldwater, Barry • Hispanics • Latinos • Nixon • Nixon, Richard • Politik • Politikwissenschaften • Populismus • Reagan • Reagan, Ronald • realignment • Religöse Rechte • Republican Party • Richard • Ronald • Südstaaten • Tea Party • USA • Wallace • Wallace, George
• ISBN-13: 9783847006220 / 9783847006220