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Activism
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Authoritarianism
Ballot
Black Belt (U.S. region)
Black elite
Black school
Black suffrage
Brown v. Board of Education
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Constitutional amendment
Democracy
Democratization
Desegregation
Desegregation busing
Disfranchisement
Dixiecrat
Economic development
Election
Electoral College (United States)
Elite
Employment
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General election
Governance
Governor
Incumbent
Institution
Insurgency
Jurisdiction
Law enforcement
Legislation
Legislator
Legislature
Massive resistance
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Republican Party
Nomination
Nonviolence
North Georgia (U.S. state)
Party leader
Political economy
Political party
Political science
Politician
Politics
Populism
Primary election
Protest
Racial segregation
Racism
Republican Party (United States)
Republicanism
Ruler
Slavery
Smith v. Allwright
Southern Democrats
Southern Regional Council
State (polity)
State constitution (United States)
State legislature (United States)
Statute
Suffrage
Tax
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
Veto
Voter registration
Voting
Voting Rights Act of 1965
White supremacy
World War II
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- ISBN 9780691133386
- Weight: 907g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 19 Feb 2015
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The transformation of the American South--from authoritarian to democratic rule--is the most important political development since World War II. It has re-sorted voters into parties, remapped presidential elections, and helped polarize Congress. Most important, it is the final step in America's democratization. Paths Out of Dixie illuminates this sea change by analyzing the democratization experiences of Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Robert Mickey argues that Southern states, from the 1890s until the early 1970s, constituted pockets of authoritarian rule trapped within and sustained by a federal democracy. These enclaves--devoted to cheap agricultural labor and white supremacy--were established by conservative Democrats to protect their careers and clients. From the abolition of the whites-only Democratic primary in 1944 until the national party reforms of the early 1970s, enclaves were battered and destroyed by a series of democratization pressures from inside and outside their borders. Drawing on archival research, Mickey traces how Deep South rulers--dissimilar in their internal conflict and political institutions--varied in their responses to these challenges.
Ultimately, enclaves differed in their degree of violence, incorporation of African Americans, and reconciliation of Democrats with the national party. These diverse paths generated political and economic legacies that continue to reverberate today. Focusing on enclave rulers, their governance challenges, and the monumental achievements of their adversaries, Paths Out of Dixie shows how the struggles of the recent past have reshaped the South and, in so doing, America's political development.
Robert Mickey is associate professor of political science at the University of Michigan.
