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

Ballantyne

doi:10.1017/S0021875822000299

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

Ballantyne

Authors

David Ballantyne d.t.ballantyne@keele.ac.uk

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.

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