Mississippi politics : the struggle for power, 1976-2006 / / Jere Nash and Andy Taggart ; foreword by John Grisham.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Nash, Jere.
• TeilnehmendeR: Taggart, Andy.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvii, 403 p. :; map.

Table of Contents

• History of Mississippi Democrats, 1948-1975
• History of Mississippi Republicans, 1955-1975
• The beginning of the end, 1976
• The campaign to succeed Jim Eastland, 1977-1978
• Democrats win one and Republicans lose one, 1979
• The origins of reapportionment, 1890-1979
• Ronald Reagan and Jon Hinson, 1980-1981
• Education transforms the legislature, 1982
• The Allain/Bramlett campaign and William Winter's legacy, 1983
• The erosion of legislative power, 1984
• The rise of Mike Espy, 1985-1986
• Highways, Buddie Newman, and Ray Mabus, 1987
• The campaign to succeed John Stennis, 1988
• Liquor and gambling in Mississippi, 1989-1990
• Republicans gain the governor's mansion, 1991
• The politics of reapportionment, 1992-1993
• The GOP consolidates power, 1994-1996
• Tobacco, 1997-1998
• The legacy of Kirk Fordice, 1999
• The state flag and congressional reapportionment, 2000-2001
• The consequences of tort reform, 2002
• The Haley Barbour years, 2003-2006.