The War on Welfare : Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America /

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Why did the War on Poverty give way to the war on welfare? Many in the United States saw the welfare reforms of 1996 as the inevitable result of twelve years of conservative retrenchment in American social policy, but there is evidence that the seeds of this change were sown long before the Reagan R...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chappell, Marisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]
Colección:Politics and Culture in Modern America
Temas:
Aid to families with dependent children programs > United States > History > 20th century.
Poor women > Government policy > United States.
Public welfare > United States > History > 20th century.
Welfare recipients > Employment > United States.
American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
American History.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acronyms
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Reconstructing the Black Family: The Liberal Antipoverty Coalition in the 1960s
  • Chapter 2. Legislating the Male-Breadwinner Family: The Family Assistance Plan
  • Chapter 3. Building a New Majority: Welfare and Economic Justice in the 1970s
  • Chapter 4. Debating the Family Wage: Welfare Reform in the Carter Administration
  • Chapter 5. Relinquishing Responsibility for Poor Families: Reagan's Family Wage for the Wealthy
  • Conclusion: Beyond the Family Wage
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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