The latter third of the 20th Century was a time of fundamental political transition across the South as increasing numbers of voters began to choose Republican candidates over Democrats. Yet in the 1980s and 90s, reform-focused policymaking-from better schools to improved highways to healthcare-in Tennessee flourished. This was the handiwork of moderate leaders of both parties who had a capacity to work together ""across the aisle."" The Tennessee story, as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham observes in his foreword to this book, offers striking examples of bipartisan cooperation on many policy fronts - and a mode of governing that provides lessons for America in this current time of partisan stalemate.

Book Information
ISBN 9780826522399
Author Keel Hunt
Format Hardback
Page Count 277
Imprint Vanderbilt University Press
Publisher Vanderbilt University Press