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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Renée M. Lamis (Gannon University) , James L. SundquistPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780271034201ISBN 10: 0271034203 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 15 November 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Preface 1. Electoral Realignments and Pennsylvania from the Civil War, Through the New Deal, and into the Early Twenty-First Century 2. Presidential Electoral Change in the Nation and in Pennsylvania Since 1960 3. Electoral Competition in Pennsylvania from 1962 to 1990: An Examination of Gubernatorial and U.S. Senate Elections 4. Electoral Competition in Pennsylvania from 1991 to 2004: An Examination of Gubernatorial and U.S. Senate Elections 5. Post-1960 Electoral Patterns in the Keystone State: A Detailed Analysis of Voting Trends 6. The Pennsylvania Electorate: Insights from Public Opinion Surveys and Exit Polls 7. The Future of Pennsylvania Politics: The 2006 Election and Beyond Postscript: The 2008 Election Appendix A: Correlations of Pennsylvania County-Level Election Returns Appendix B: Interest-Group Ratings of Major Pennsylvania Politicians Appendix C: Tables Supporting the Pennsylvania Factor Analyses Appendix D: Census Demographic Data on Pennsylvania's Sixty-Seven Counties Appendix E: Pennsylvania Party Registration and Turnout Data Bibliographical Essay IndexReviewsIf everybody recognizes . . . that a realignment in the South has clearly taken place, has the rest of the country . . . realigned as well? That is the question that RenEe Lamis set out to answer [for Pennsylvania], and her technique has been to subject that state's changing political configuration to what is surely the most intense, microscopic scrutiny ever given to any state's electoral landscape. --James L. Sundquist The book is well written and rich with data and statistical analysis. It will appeal to professional political scientists, journalists covering the state, and students in classes on Pennsylvania politics. </p>--Daniel Mallison, <em>Commonwealth</em></p> If everybody recognizes . . . that a realignment in the South has clearly taken place, has the rest of the country . . . realigned as well? That is the question that Ren�e Lamis set out to answer [for Pennsylvania], and her technique has been to subject that state's changing political configuration to what is surely the most intense, microscopic scrutiny ever given to any state's electoral landscape. --James L. Sundquist The book is well written and rich with data and statistical analysis. It will appeal to professional political scientists, journalists covering the state, and students in classes on Pennsylvania politics. --Daniel Mallison, Commonwealth The Realignment of Pennsylvania Politics Since 1960 is a significant and masterfully researched work explaining the historical evolution of Pennsylvania politics over the past forty-five years. Filled with useful charts, graphs, and maps of Pennsylvania's voting behavior and voting trends, the book is likely to fascinate readers with interest in the Keystone State's politics. --Robert Speel, author of Changing Patterns of Voting in the Northern United States: Electoral Realignment, 1952-1996 This book is splendidly written, the thesis cogently argued, and the scholarship superb. The author examines the evolution of voting behavior by demographic groups, by attitudes, and by county, providing information that is generally not readily available elsewhere. Overall, the research into Pennsylvania politics is extensive, and this volume provides the reader with a wealth of data to chart electoral change in the state. Using Pennsylvania as a case study, Professor Lamis has entered the debate over the reasons for voter realignment. In doing so, she has succeeded admirably in framing the fundamental reasons why groups of voters modify their party allegiance and voting habits--essentially because of major changes in the economy and society. Her argument extends the reasons for these significant movements of voters to a series of aftershocks from the Great Depression and the New Deal, which were caused by 'culture-war realignments.' Put another way, the big political fights and policy wars over elements of cultural change have produced a regrouping of the political base of the two major parties. --G. Terry Madonna, Franklin & Marshall College Author InformationRenée M. Lamis, who has a PhD in political science from Case Western Reserve University, served as Director of the MPA Program at Gannon University in Erie from 1998 to 2007. In October 2008, she started her own public affairs consulting firm in Erie, Dynamic Visions Consulting, after working as a consultant for PA Futures. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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