The color of welfare: how racism undermined the war on poverty
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1. Verfasser: Quadagno, Jill S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1996
Ausgabe:1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index
The equal opportunity welfare state -- Unfinished democracy -- Fostering political participation -- Extending equal employment opportunity -- Abandoning the American dream -- The politics of welfare reform -- The politics of motherhood -- Universal principles in social security -- Rebuilding the welfare state -- Explaining American exceptionalism
Thirty years after Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the United States still lags behind most Western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care support. Some critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class. In The Color of Welfare, Jill Quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the center of the "American Dilemma," as Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal did half
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 254 pages)
ISBN:0195079191
0195101227
0199874476
9780195079197
9780195101225
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