ISBN:
058535667X
,
9780585356679
Language:
English
Pages:
210 pages
,
24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2001 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Print version Welfare as we knew it
Keywords:
Public welfare History.
;
Public welfare History
;
United States
;
Public welfare History
;
Public welfare History
;
Public welfare History.
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Services
;
Public welfare
;
Social policy
;
Sociale voorzieningen
;
Verzorgingsstaat
;
Politieke aspecten
;
Wohlfahrtsstaat
;
Aide sociale ; États-Unis ; 20e siècle
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Sozialstaat
;
Geschichte
;
United States Social policy.
;
United States Social policy
;
United States
;
United States Social policy
;
United States Social policy
;
United States Social policy.
;
United States
;
États-Unis ; Politique sociale ; 20e siècle
;
Etats-Unis ; Politique sociale ; 20e siècle
;
USA
;
USA
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books History
;
USA
;
Sozialstaat
;
Geschichte
;
USA
;
Sozialstaat
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Compared to other rich Western democracies, the United States historically has done less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. Nor does the immediate future seem to promise anything different. In Welfare As We Know It, Charles Noble offers a groundbreaking explanation of why America is so different, arguing that deeply rooted political factors, not public opinion, have limited what social reformers have been able to accomplish
Abstract:
Drawing on state-of-the-art research in comparative politics, history, and sociology, the book's first two chapters demonstrate that decentralized political institutions, a weak labor movement, and racial conflict have loaded the dice against progressive reform in the United States. Four historical chapters, spanning the twentieth century from the Wilson to the Clinton Administrations, show how this inhospitable political environment has shackled proponents of public provision at critical junctures. In two provocative concluding chapters, Noble considers the future of U.S. social policy, contending that reformers who want government to do more must refocus their activities on political and institutional change, such as campaign finance and labor-law reform, if they hope to transform social policy
Abstract:
Introduction; One: The Problem; Two: An Unusually Inhospitable Environment for Reform; Three: Progressives; Four: The New Deal; Five: The Great Society; Six: Backlash; Seven: The Future of Reform; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-200) and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2001
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