About the Author

Nicol C. Rae is Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida International University. He is the author of The Decline and Fall of the Liberal Republicans (Oxford, 1989).

Reviews

"Nicol Rae's incisive analysis of the southern faction in the Democratic party demonstrates that a political scientist can write for a general audience with clarity and a sound historical perspective. Rae's study is a significant contribution to the literature on southern politics in the twentieth century....A worthwhile addition to syllabi for courses in American politics and recent United States history."--The Journal of Southern History
"With Southern Democrats, Nicol Rae continues his effort to reinvigorate the study of political factions, as intellectual focus and as a central element in American politics. The Southern Democrats have long been the effective fulcrum of much American politicking; Southern Democrats is essential reading for those who believe in having politics in their political science."--Byron E. Shafer, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government,
Nuffield College, Oxford
"Nicol Rae has written a thorough, penetrating analysis of this fascinating faction of the Democratic party, a study that is sensitive to all the nuances present in national and Southern politics. The extensive quotations from Rae's interviews with scores of prominent Southern Democratic politicians are gems!"--Alexander Lamis, Case Western Reserve University
"Southern Democrats is a useful introduction to one of the perennial enigmas of national politics....[Rae] is to be commended for directing our attention to the structure of American political parties, especially how they frame issues and how we select candidates."--Georgia Historical Quarterly
"...Rae's interpretation is reliable and orthodox."--American Politics Review
"Nicol Rae's incisive analysis of the southern faction in the Democratic party demonstrates that a political scientist can write for a general audience with clarity and a sound historical perspective. Rae's study is a significant contribution to the literature on southern politics in the twentieth century....A worthwhile addition to syllabi for courses in American politics and recent United States history."--The Journal of Southern History
"With Southern Democrats, Nicol Rae continues his effort to reinvigorate the study of political factions, as intellectual focus and as a central element in American politics. The Southern Democrats have long been the effective fulcrum of much American politicking; Southern Democrats is essential reading for those who believe in having politics in their political science."--Byron E. Shafer, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government,
Nuffield College, Oxford
"Nicol Rae has written a thorough, penetrating analysis of this fascinating faction of the Democratic party, a study that is sensitive to all the nuances present in national and Southern politics. The extensive quotations from Rae's interviews with scores of prominent Southern Democratic politicians are gems!"--Alexander Lamis, Case Western Reserve University
"Southern Democrats is a useful introduction to one of the perennial enigmas of national politics....[Rae] is to be commended for directing our attention to the structure of American political parties, especially how they frame issues and how we select candidates."--Georgia Historical Quarterly
"...Rae's interpretation is reliable and orthodox."--American Politics Review