William H. Stewart is the author of The Alabama State Constitution and a coauthor of Alabama Government and Politics. He is a professor emeritus of political science at The University of Alabama and was presented the National Association of Secretaries of State Gold Medallion Award in July 2015 by Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill for 'his service to the people of the state of Alabama.'

Alabama Politics in the Twenty-First Century is interesting and informative, and it brings an important topic up to date. Good examinations of state-level politics need to be done from time to time, and there is no comparable work on contemporary Alabama politics currently available." - Robert P. Steed, coeditor of Writing Southern Politics: Contemporary Interpretations and Future Directions."Alabama Politics in the Twenty-First Century fills a glaring gap in the literature, as there has been no book (to my knowledge) on general and contemporary Alabama politics from a scholarly author since 1988." - Steven L. Taylor, coauthor of A Different Democracy: American Government in a Thirty-One-Country Perspective

• IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Portrait of Alabama2. The Wallace Legacy3. Social Values and Politics4. Corruption in Alabama Politics5. African Americans and Alabama Politics6. The Alabama Constitution7. Interest Groups8. Political Parties9. Campaigns10. Elections11. Legislative Politics12. Gubernatorial Politics13. The Courts as Political Institutions14. The Politics of Taxing and Spending15. ConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

William H. Stewart is the author of The Alabama State Constitution and a coauthor of Alabama Government and Politics. He is a professor emeritus of political science at The University of Alabama and was presented the National Association of Secretaries of State Gold Medallion Award in July 2015 by Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill for 'his service to the people of the state of Alabama.'

Alabama Politics in the Twenty-First Century is interesting and informative, and it brings an important topic up to date. Good examinations of state-level politics need to be done from time to time, and there is no comparable work on contemporary Alabama politics currently available." - Robert P. Steed, coeditor of Writing Southern Politics: Contemporary Interpretations and Future Directions."Alabama Politics in the Twenty-First Century fills a glaring gap in the literature, as there has been no book (to my knowledge) on general and contemporary Alabama politics from a scholarly author since 1988." - Steven L. Taylor, coauthor of A Different Democracy: American Government in a Thirty-One-Country Perspective

• IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Portrait of Alabama2. The Wallace Legacy3. Social Values and Politics4. Corruption in Alabama Politics5. African Americans and Alabama Politics6. The Alabama Constitution7. Interest Groups8. Political Parties9. Campaigns10. Elections11. Legislative Politics12. Gubernatorial Politics13. The Courts as Political Institutions14. The Politics of Taxing and Spending15. ConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex