Mississippi Politics : The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY OF MISSISSPPI DEMOCRATS -- HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICANS 1955-1975 -- THE BEGINNING OF THE END 1976 -- THE CAMPAIGN TO SUCCEED JIM EASTLAND -- 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 -- CONCLUSION -- SOURCES AND NOTES -- INDEX.

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