The Changing Political South

Charles S. Bullock, III, is the Distinguished University Professor of Public and International Affairs, holds the Richard B. Russell Professorship of Political Science and is Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Georgia. Jeremy Mayer is an Associate Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Susan A. MacManus is a University of South Florida Distinguished University Professor Emerita. Mark J. Rozell is the Founding Dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University where he holds the Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Faculty Chair in Public Policy.

• PREFACECHAPTER 1: IntroductionCHAPTER 2: African Americans and Southern Political ChangeCHAPTER 3: The Latino Surge in the New South and Its Political ImplicationsCHAPTER 4: A Trickle to a Tsunami: Asian American Political Power in the SouthCHAPTER 5: Women's Growing Clout Is Changing the South's Political LandscapeCHAPTER 6: Conclusion: Partisan Alignments in a Changing South

There are many articles touching on changes to the modern southern electorate, but we do not see much out there that is this comprehensive by examining the three major minority groups in the South (Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics) plus the growing political influence of women. In a remarkably changing contemporary South, this book gives readers the most current lay of the land." Seth C. McKee, Oklahoma State University