LEADER 04143nam 2200601 450 001 9910461635003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8888-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000465875 035 $a(EBL)2189951 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543690 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16133683 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543690 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12688313 035 $a(PQKB)10613161 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2189951 035 $a(OCoLC)919124747 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46993 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2189951 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11093039 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000465875 100 $a20150730d2015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of trust $eReubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s /$fGordon E. Harvey 210 1$aTuscaloosa, Alabama :$cThe University of Alabama Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 1 $aThe Modern South 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1882-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; 1. "Reubin Who?"; 2. The "Nut with a Huey Long Outlook"; 3. "Rube's Funny Notions"; 4. "Ignorance Is the Midwife of Demagoguery and Oppression"; 5. "We Must Free Ourselves . . . from the Tattered Fetters of the Booster Mentality"; 6. "Reubin, You Promised"; 7. "A Public Office Is a Public Trust"; 8. "Unbought, Unbossed"-and Unelected; 9. "A Presbyterian Lyndon Johnson"; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"Florida governor Reubin Askew memorably characterized a leader as "someone who cares enough to tell the people not merely what they want to hear, but what they need to know." It was a surprising statement for a contemporary politician to make, and, more surprising still, it worked. In The Politics of Trust: Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s, Gordon E. Harvey traces the life and career of the man whose public service many still recall as "the Golden Age" of Florida politics. Askew rose to power on a wave of "New South" leadership that hoped to advance the Democratic Party beyond the intransigent torpor of southern politics since the Civil War. He hoped to replace appeals to white supremacy with a vision of a more diverse and inclusive party. Following his election in Florida, other New South leaders such as Georgia's Jimmy Carter, Arkansas's Dale Bumpers, and South Carolina's John C. West all came to power. Audacious and gifted, Askew was one of six children raised by a single mother in Pensacola. As he worked his way up through the ranks of the state legislature, few in Florida except his constituents knew his name when he challenged Republic incumbent Claude R. Kirk Jr. on a populist platform promising higher corporate taxes. When he won, he inaugurated a series of reforms, including a new 5 percent corporate income tax; lower consumer, property, and school taxes; a review of penal statutes; environmental protections; higher welfare benefits; and workers' compensation to previously uncovered migrant laborers. Touting honesty, candor, and transparency, Askew dubbed his administration "government in the sunshine." Harvey demonstrates that Askew's success was not in spite of his penchant for bold, sometimes unpopular stances, but rather because his mix of unvarnished candor, sober ethics, and religious faith won the trust of the diverse peoples of his state. "--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aModern South. 606 $aPolitical culture$zFlorida$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGovernors$zFlorida$vBiography 607 $aFlorida$xPolitics and government$y1951- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aGovernors 676 $a975.9/063092 676 $aB 700 $aHarvey$b Gordon E$g(Gordon Earl),$f1967-$01031859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461635003321 996 $aThe politics of trust$92483896 997 $aUNINA