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

1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

Online Ressource (viii, 254 p.) : ill.

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: Quadagno, Jill S : Color of welfare. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1996 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-19-987447-7 (electronic bk.); 0-19-987447-6 (electronic bk.)

0-19-507919-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-507919-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-19-510122-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-510122-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-19-510122-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 729246983 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HN59

305.5690973 ; 305.5/69/0973     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SOC045000 ; bisacsh: SOC 045000

LOC-SH: Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States ; Poor -- United States ; United States -- Social policy ; United States -- Race relations -- USA -- United States ; Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States ; Poor -- United States ; United States -- Race relations ; United States -- Social policy

United States / Race relations / Economic aspects ; United States / Social policy ; Social Science ; Electronic books ; United States ; USA ; Race relations ; Social policy ; Sozialpolitik ; Rassendiskriminierung ; Economic assistance, Domestic ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Poverty & Homelessness ; Poor

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