The Failed Welfare Revolution : America's Struggle over Guaranteed Income Policy /

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Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies. The Failed Welfare Revolution shows us that things might have turned out differently. During the 1960s and 1970s, policymakers in three presidential administrations tried to replace the n...

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Autor principal: Steensland, Brian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011]
Edición:Course Book
Temas:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • INTRODUCTION: Understanding the Failed Welfare Revolution
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Rise of Guaranteed Annual Income
  • CHAPTER TWO. Guaranteed Annual Income Goes Public
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Origins and Transformation of the Nixon Plan
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Nixon's Family Assistance Plan Stalls
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Defeat and Its Policy Legacy
  • CHAPTER SIX. Carter and the Program for Better Jobs and Income
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Lost Opportunities, Consequences, and Lessons
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Culture and Welfare Policy Development
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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