2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Transformation of Reform Politics in the Sunbelt of the United States from the 1970s to the end of the Twentieth Century
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23530167
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Musashi University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | アメリカ政治 / サンベルト / リフォーム政治の変容 / 大都市圏政治 / 都市中心部と郊外の対立 / 共和党優位 / 政治の保守化傾向 |
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| Research Abstract |
"Reform politics" in the big Sunbelt cities, which seemed to have reached its apogee in the middle of the twentieth century, entered a period of transformation from around the 1970s. The big city centers were increasingly being abandoned by the wealthy and middle classes, at the same time as African-Americans and other minorities in these central districts, previously woefully under-represented in city politics, started to gain more political say. Meanwhile, suburban dwellers were voicing discontent and making demands of their city government-another instrumental factor in transforming reform politics. Yet these suburban middle-class voters tended not to be satisfied with the outcome and their sense of separatism intensified. There is a close link between this process and such voters' political conservatism and support for the Republican party.
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