ISBN:
9780199874477
,
0199874476
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 254 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Quadagno, Jill S Color of welfare
DDC:
305.5690973
Keywords:
Economic assistance, Domestic United States
;
Poor United States
;
Economic assistance, Domestic
;
Poor
;
United States Race relations
;
Economic aspects
;
United States Social policy
;
Social Science
;
Race relations
;
Social policy
;
Sozialpolitik
;
Rassendiskriminierung
;
Economic assistance, Domestic
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Poverty & Homelessness
;
Poor
;
United States Social policy
;
United States Race relations
;
USA
;
United States
;
United States Race relations
;
United States Social policy
;
United States
;
USA
;
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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 (p. 237-240) and index. - Description based on print version record
