Reubin O'D. Askew and the Golden Age of Florida Politics
Title | Reubin O'D. Askew and the Golden Age of Florida Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Martin A. Dyckman |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2011-05-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813059194 |
Inside the reinvention of Florida politics Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction Reubin Askew was swept into the governor’s office in 1970 as part of a remarkable wave of progressive politics and legislative reform in Florida. A man of uncompromising principle and independence, he was elected primarily on a platform of tax reform. In the years that followed, Askew led a group of politicians from both parties who sought—and achieved—judicial reform, redistricting, busing and desegregation, the end of the Cross Florida Barge Canal, the Sunshine Amendment, and much more. This period was truly a golden age of Florida politics, and Martin Dyckman’s narrative is well written, fast paced, and reads like a novel. Dyckman also reveals how the return of special interests, the rise of partisan politics, unlimited campaign spending, term limits, gerrymandering, and more have eroded the achievements of the Golden Age in subsequent decades.
The Politics of Trust
Title | The Politics of Trust PDF eBook |
Author | Gordon E. Harvey |
Publisher | University of Alabama Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2015-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0817318828 |
"Examines the political career of Reubin Askew, whose election as governor in 1970 marked the beginning of a golden age in Florida's politics"--
Florida Politics in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893
Title | Florida Politics in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 PDF eBook |
Author | Edward C. Williamson |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Florida |
ISBN |
The 57 Club
Title | The 57 Club PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick B. Karl |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2010-03-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0813059283 |
The 57 Club was the self-assigned name of the thirty-nine legislators first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1956. Karl's fascinating autobiography not only recalls those years, when Florida was in the midst of a transformation away from its rural, racially segregated, Deep South roots, but also offers intimate details into a half century of public service. By sharing his own experiences and reactions, describing what he witnessed or heard along the way, and telling stories about friends and colleagues, Karl gives readers a front row seat to some of the most captivating and turbulent moments in twentieth-century Florida politics. His insights into how the legislature functions--from the politics of committee assignments to the usefulness of lobbyists, from the savvy use of rules on the floor to debating skills, from polite ways of punishing unethical colleagues to the use of humor to calm angry exchanges, and much more--all make for an absorbing tale.
The Reluctant Republican
Title | The Reluctant Republican PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara F. Olschner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780813044538 |
Gives a behind-the-scenes look at Barbara Olschner's run for state senate in the Florida panhandle.
The Golden Years
Title | The Golden Years PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Mcknight |
Publisher | Infinity Pub |
Pages | |
Release | 2013-01-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780741481856 |
Former Capitol Bureau Chief of the St. Petersburg Times Martin Dyckman described the Florida legislature during the 1970's and 80's as the Golden Era of the state's politics. Bob McKnight was fortunate to serve in the Florida Senate and House of Representatives during that time, and has written this nationally acclaimed book depicting his first hand knowledge of the events and personalities at the center of the Era. McKnight uses the traditional memoir format to outline historic events of Florida's transition from what the U.S. Supreme Court described as the most mal-apportioned state in the country--attributable to the legendary "Pork Chop Gang"-- to a legislative body described by the prestigious national Council of State Legislatures as the "Most Independent Governing Legislative Body in the United States," in 1972. Profiles of the outstanding governors with whom Senator McKnight served and worked are a highlight of this book—including Democrat Governors Reubin Askew, Bob Graham, Lawton Chiles, and Republican Governors Claude Kirk, Bob Martinez and Jeb Bush.
From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans
Title | From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans PDF eBook |
Author | David R. Colburn |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2013-09-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813047145 |
Likely to raise hackles among Democrats and Republicans alike, this dynamic history of modern Florida argues that the Sunshine State has become the political and demographic future of the nation. David Colburn reveals how Florida gradually abandoned the traditions of race and personality that linked it to the Democratic Party. The book focuses particularly on the population growth and chaotic gubernatorial politics that altered the state from 1940, when it was a sleepy impoverished southern outpost, to the present and the emergence of a dominant Republican Party.