The Politics of Trust

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 po