{"product_id":"tar-heel-politics-2000-9780807847565","title":"Tar Heel Politics 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Luebke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American Government - State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering 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 \u003ci\u003eTar Heel Politics 2000\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003eAn updated and revised version of Luebke's \u003ci\u003eTar Heel Politics: Myths and Realities\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eTar Heel Politics 2000\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614610669719,"sku":"9780807847565","price":3689.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807847565.webp?v=1775094946","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tar-heel-politics-2000-9780807847565","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}