The politics of trust : Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s /

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"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. I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harvey, Gordon E. (Gordon Earl), 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2015.
Colección:Modern South.
Temas:
Askew, Reubin O'D., > 1928-2014.
Askew, Reubin O'D., > 1928-2014
Since 1900
Political culture > Florida > History > 20th century.
Governors > Florida > Biography.
Gouverneurs > Floride > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > State & Provincial.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Governors
Political culture
Politics and government
Florida > Politics and government > 1951-
Floride > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Florida
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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