The University of Arkansas press announced that it will release a new book about Southern politics co-edited by Dr. Todd Shields, Clinton School interim associate dean for academic affairs. Here’s a description of the book, “Unlocking V.O. Key Jr.: Southern Politics for the 21st Century.”
Over sixty years ago, political scientist V.O. Key Jr. published his seminal work, Southern Politics in State and Nation. Key’s book redefined the field of southern politics and remains one of the most cited and influential works in twentieth-century political science and southern history. In Unlocking V.O. Key Jr., prominent southern scholars in history, political science, and southern and American studies reconsider Key’s analysis, debating his omissions as well as highlighting the timeless elements of his work.