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The author states that Congress: The Electoral Connection by David Mayhew (New Haven, CT: Yale U Press, 1974) has stood the test of time. Mayhew's book & Congressmen in Committees by Richard F. Fenno (Boston: Little, Brown, 1973) have created a stimulating atmosphere for scholars, particularly rational choice theorists. 5 References. A. Funderburg

In 1949, V. O. Key, Jr. published Southern Politics in State and Nation. In this masterpiece, Key argues that the failure of democracy in the South is linked to the absence of competition among parties & the resulting failure of an organized & sound party system to emerge. Fifty years later, it is evident that Key's arguments are sound. However, Key failed to predict one important point: that electoral competition alone would be insufficient to ensure the development & continuation of a successful & productive democracy. Perhaps the reason behind Key's deficiency is that he did not consider the fact that prejudice & racism would continue to perpetuate illiberal social attitudes well beyond the 1940s. The continuation of an illiberal southern society, which worked to withhold the rights of citizenship from the low-income white & black majority, should be heavily credited for defeating partisan competition in the South. As a result, the development of democratic practices was retarded during the entirety of New Deal Democracy. 4 Tables, 20 References. K. A. Larsen