Moderate Southern Senators, Hunger, and Welfare in the Long 1960s

Ballantyne

Abstract

This article traces the approach of moderate southern Senators toward domestic hunger and welfare in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Often overlooked in scholarly accounts, these Senators formed a significant minority of the southern delegation. Their behavior demonstrates both the continued possibilities of a more inclusive southern politics after the mid-1960s and the importance of moderate southerners to the Food Stamp Program's major expansion in the years after 1964. At the same time, however, these politicians opposed guaranteed-income schemes and endorsed “workfare” measures promoted by more conservative southerners that conditioned aid on participation in low-wage employment.

Citation

Ballantyne. (2023). Moderate Southern Senators, Hunger, and Welfare in the Long 1960s. Journal of American Studies, 57(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875822000299

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 2, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jan 24, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-05
• Publicly Available Date: May 30, 2023
• Journal: Journal of American Studies
• Print ISSN: 0021-8758
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-5154
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875822000299
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/moderate-southern-senators-hunger-and-welfare-in-the-long-1960s/C8B4B05C004F4FBAD4629DAB2B7143B3