Crossing the Aisle: How Bipartisanship Brought Tennessee to the Twenty-First Century and Could Save America

By Keel Hunt

Book Overview

The latter third of the twentieth 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 and health care--flourished in Tennessee. This was the work of moderate leaders from 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 frustrating era of partisan stalemate.

For more on Crossing the Aisle and author Keel Hunt, visit KeelHunt.com.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826522394
• ISBN13: 9780826522399
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.8" x 10.5"