ISBN:
9780199874477
,
0199874476
,
0195079191
,
9780195079197
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 254 pages)
,
Illustrations
Edition:
1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed.
DDC:
305.5/69/0973
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Sozialpolitik
;
Rassendiskriminierung
;
USA
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index
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