An updated and revised version of Luebke's Tar Heel Politics: Myths and Realities (1990), Tar Heel Politics 2000 highlights the resurgence of the southern Republican Party for the first time in a century and discusses a number of significant changes that have occurred over the last decade. These include the institutionalization of a viable two-party system in the General Assembly, the further shift of native-born whites throughout the South into the Republican voting column, and ideological conflict in North Carolina that parallels to some extent the post-1994 battles between the Republican Congress and the Clinton White House. In addition, the book provides a detailed analysis of the political appeal of Senator Jesse Helms and draws on Luebke's insights as a member of the North Carolina State House since 1991.
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Offering an insightful analysis of North Carolina political trends and personalities, Paul Luebke moves beyond the usual labels of Republican and Democrat, conservative and liberal. In Tar Heel Politics 2000, he argues that North Carolina's real political battle is between two factions of the state's political and economic elite: modernizers and traditionalists. Modernizers draw their strength from the bankers, developers, news media, and other urban interests that support growth, he says. Traditionalists, in contrast, are rooted in small-town North Carolina and fundamentalist Protestantism, tied to agriculture and low-wage industries and threatened by growth and social change. Both modernizers and traditionalists are linked with politicians who represent their interests.
Editorial Reviews
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The best contemporary southern state political analysis in print.
Journal of Southern History
A useful analysis of our state•s political trends and personalities.
Our State
[T]he best book ever written about modern North Carolina politics.
Merle Black, Emory University
Paul Luebke understands North Carolina politics like no one else.
John Shelton Reed, coauthor of 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South
His provocative critique will change the way you think about North Carolina politics.
Ed Williams, Editorial Page Editor, Charlotte Observer
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An updated and revised analysis of N.C. political trends and personalities. Luebke offers insights on developments in taxation, education, transportation, and the environment, and makes predictions about the future of NC politics.
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North Carolina has long been considered a progressive southern state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modernizer ideology, white modernizers, racial traditionalism, state abortion fund, modernizer politician, racial traditionalists, ioo counties, activist state government, social traditionalism, economic traditionalism, traditionalist ideology, social traditionalists, economic populism, food tax, black political participation, racial appeals, runoff primary, black plaintiffs, white vote, hog production, egalitarian movements, black political power Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, General Assembly, Tar Heel, Jim Hunt, Coastal Plain, Democratic Party, African American, Jesse Helms, North Carolinians, Jim Martin, Congressional Club, United States, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle, Terry Sanford, Republican Party, Charlotte Observer, Harvey Gantt, South Carolina, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Election Day, New South, Dan Blue, Department of Commerce New!
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North Carolina has long been considered a progressive southern state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modernizer ideology, white modernizers, racial traditionalism, state abortion fund, modernizer politician, racial traditionalists, ioo counties, activist state government, social traditionalism, economic traditionalism, traditionalist ideology, social traditionalists, economic populism, food tax, black political participation, racial appeals, runoff primary, black plaintiffs, white vote, hog production, egalitarian movements, black political power Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, General Assembly, Tar Heel, Jim Hunt, Coastal Plain, Democratic Party, African American, Jesse Helms, North Carolinians, Jim Martin, Congressional Club, United States, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle, Terry Sanford, Republican Party, Charlotte Observer, Harvey Gantt, South Carolina, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Election Day, New South, Dan Blue, Department of Commerce New!
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- North Carolina by Marguerite Schumann on 4 pages
- North Carolina by Irvin S. Cobb on 4 pages
- Southern Politics by Valdimer Orlando Key in Front Matter, page 48, and Back Matter
- When Free Men Shall Stand by Jesse. Helms on page 165, and Back Matter
- Environmental Politics: Lessons from the Grassroots by Bob Hall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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