2. A path to relevance: the Republican crusade against the War on Poverty, 1965 –66

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. List of abbreviations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. A familiar trap: the ‘Party of Privilege’ and the War on Poverty, 1964 13
7. 2. A path to relevance: the Republican crusade against the War on Poverty, 1965 –66 53
8. 3. Order or justice? Republicans and the ‘urban crisis’, 1966–67 94
9. 4. The choice and the echo: poverty politics and the 1968 campaign 133
10. 5. The crossroads: Nixon’s early years, 1969–70 167
11. 6. The conservative turn: Nixon, Ford, and the beginning of the end, 1971–76 207
12. 7. The end? Poverty politics and the ‘Reagan Revolution’, 1977 –81 243
13. Epilogue: Poverty won? Republicans and poverty, 1982–2018 281
14. Bibliography 295
15. Index 311