'The Progressive Realignment of Vermont, 1969 - 2006'

“佛蒙特州的逐步调整，1969 年至 2006 年”

• 批准号: 2885251
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northumbria University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2885251
• 关键词: Progressive; Realignment; Vermont; 1969; 2006

'The Progressive Realignment of Vermont, 1969 - 2006' will be the first contemporary history of Vermont's realignment away from the Republican Party. While known as the homeland of Senator Bernie Sanders, Sanders was just one facet of an electoral revolution waged in north-eastern municipalities that upended the political landscape of New England - before serving as the foundation for a national progressive resurgence. Fundamentally, my research will ask why Vermont, once among the most conservative states, underwent a progressive realignment, and why this is important for understanding American left-wing politics nationally. Beginning in the 1970s with what Vermonters dubbed the 'hippy invasion', an influx of predominantly young, white, out-of-state migrants previously involved in counterculture movements, before proceeding through the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, my research will consider the hippy invasion's role in Vermont's political transformation. I will use the political ascensions of future Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean as case studies. While both have been transformative figures in Vermont and the Democratic Party, they symbolise differing ideals of Vermont's realignment. Sanders, the independent socialist, and Dean, the establishment liberal governor. Using the multi-decade format, my research will document the political landscape that facilitated the duo's unlikely rise to national prominence, connecting with the existing historiography of matters like the Culture Wars, 'a wrangle over whether the social changes of the 1960s had benefited or harmed America' (Hartmann, 2019, pg. 102). My research will conclude in 2006, following Dean's unsuccessful 2004 presidential campaign and election as Chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2005, alongside Sanders' election to the Senate in 2006, the culmination of the nationalisation of Vermont's realignment.

《佛蒙特州的进步重组，1969 年至 2006 年》将是佛蒙特州脱离共和党重组的第一部当代历史。虽然桑德斯被称为参议员伯尼·桑德斯的故乡，但桑德斯只是东北部城市发起的选举革命的一个方面，这场选举革命颠覆了新英格兰的政治格局，之后成为国家进步复兴的基础。从根本上说，我的研究将询问为什么佛蒙特州曾经是最保守的州之一，经历了渐进式的重组，以及为什么这对于理解美国全国左翼政治很重要。从 20 世纪 70 年代开始，佛蒙特人称之为“嬉皮士入侵”，主要是年轻、白人、以前参与反文化运动的州外移民涌入，然后经过 1980 年代、1990 年代和 2000 年代，我的研究将考虑嬉皮士入侵在佛蒙特州政治转型中的作用。我将以未来民主党总统候选人伯尼·桑德斯和霍华德·迪恩的政治崛起作为案例研究。虽然两人都是佛蒙特州和民主党的变革性人物，但他们象征着佛蒙特州重组的不同理想。独立社会主义者桑德斯和建制派自由派州长迪恩。我的研究将使用数十年的格式，记录促成两人不可思议地崛起为全国知名的政治格局，并与文化战争等问题的现有史学联系起来，“一场关于 1960 年代的社会变革是否受益或受益的争论”伤害了美国”（Hartmann，2019，第 102 页）。我的研究将于 2006 年结束，此前迪安 2004 年总统竞选失败，2005 年当选民主党全国委员会主席，桑德斯 2006 年当选参议员，这是佛蒙特州国有化重组的顶峰。