The Ecological Basis of Political Change Urbanization, Industrialization and Party Competition in the American South
Description:
This investigation is concerned with testing a causal model linking changes in a political system's socio-economic environment with alterations in political characteristics. The specific forces of interest are those relating to urbanization and industrialization, the development of that way of life called urbanism, and the effects of these environmental changes on voter participation and, ultimately, inter-party competition. The test model hypothesizes that the processes of urbanization and ind…
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Date:
May 1981
Creator:
Hughes, Dorene