ISBN:
9780190254537
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xvii, 233 p.)
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. To promote the general welfare
DDC:
361.973
Keywords:
Volkswirtschaft
;
Wirtschaftspolitik
;
Wirtschaftswachstum
;
Infrastruktur
;
Verkehrsinfrastruktur
;
Sozialpolitik
;
Gesundheitspolitik
;
Kultursektor
;
USA
;
Sozialpolitik
;
USA
;
Verwaltungspolitik
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
United States
;
Social policy
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Social policy
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Politics and government
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Politics and government
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Politics and government
;
21st century
;
USA
;
Sozialpolitik
;
Wohlfahrtsstaat
;
Bürokratie
Abstract:
Americans love to hate their government, and a long tradition of anti-government suspicion reaches back to debates among the founders of the nation. But the election of Barack Obama has created a backlash rivalled only by the anti-government hysteria that preceded the Civil War. Lost in all the Tea Party rage and rhetoric is this simple fact: the federal government plays a central role in making society function, and it always has. This book explores the many ways government programmes have improved the quality of life in America.
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199858538.001.0001
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