Contents
Preface
1. Understanding Interest Group Activity in Southern State Politics - Clive S. Thomas
Part I: The Peripheral South
2. Kentucky: Adapting to the Independent Legislature - Malcolm E. Jewell and Penny M. Miller
3. Tennessee: New Challenges for the Farm, Liquor, and Big Business Lobbies - David H. Folz and Patricia K. Freeman
4. Virginia: A New Look for the "Political Museum Piece" - John T. Whelan
5. North Carolina: Interest Groups in a State in Transition - Jack D. Fleer
6. Florida: The Changing Patterns of Power - Anne E. Kelley and Ella L. Taylor
7. Texas: The Transformation from Personal to Informational Lobbying - Keith E. Hamm and Charles W. Wiggins
8. Arkansas: The Politics of Inequality - Arthur English and John J. Carroll
Part II: The Deep South
9. South Carolina: The Rise of the New South - Robert E. Botsch
10. Georgia: Business as Usual - Eleanor C. Main, Lee Epstein, and Debra L. Elovich
11. Alabama: Personalities and Factionalism - David L. Martin
12. Mississippi: An Expanding Array of Interests - Thomas H. Handy
13. Louisiana: The Final Throes of Freewheeling Ways? - Charles J. Barrilleaux and Charles D. Hadley
Part III: Conclusion
14. Change, Transition, and Growth in Southern Interest Group Politics - Ronald J. Hrebenar
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
Index