Richard M. Valelly
Professor of Political Science
Swarthmore College
Ph: 610-328-8099
Email: rvalell1@swarthmore.edu
Professor of Political Science
Swarthmore College
Ph: 610-328-8099
Email: rvalell1@swarthmore.edu
One of the difficult lessons we have learned is that you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without pressure. Any real change in the status quo depends upon continued creative action to sharpen the conscience of the nation and establish a climate in which even the most recalcitrant elements are forced to admit that change is necessary.
Most Recent Book:
The Voting Rights Act
Prize-Winning Book:
The Two Reconstructions:
The Struggle for Black Enfranchisement
Recipient in 2005 of the J. David Greenstone Prize of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association for the best book in politics and history published in the previous two years.
Recipient of the 2005 Ralph J. Bunche Award of the American Political Science Association, which honors excellence in books that treat ethnic and cultural pluralism in the United States.
Recipient of the 2005 V.O. Key, Jr. Award of the Southern Political Science Association, for the outstanding book on Southern politics published in 2004.