The color of welfare :: how racism undermined the war on poverty /

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...

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1. Verfasser: Quadagno, Jill S.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Ausgabe:1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed.
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Zusammenfassung: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 resource (viii, 254 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index.
ISBN:9780199874477
0199874476
0195079191
9780195079197

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