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Welfare As We Knew It : a Political History of the American Welfare State.
Compared to other rich Western democracies, the U.S. does less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. In Welfare As We Knew It, Charles Noble offers a groundbreaking explanation of why America is so different. Drawing on research in comparative politics, history...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cary :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; One: The Problem; Beyond Culture; Interests; Institutions; A Synthetic Approach; Two: An Unusually Inhospitable Environment for Reform; The Class Struggle, American-Style; The State and Welfare; Choosing Liberalism; Three: Progressives; A Vacuum on the Left; The Defense of the Market; Women and Children First; A Wrong Turn; Four: The New Deal; A Second Window Opens; The Southern Problem; Building from the Center; The Window Closes; The New Deal; The Path Not Taken; Five: The Great Society; A Third Window Opens; Complicating Factors; The Flood Tide of Liberalism.
- The Window ClosesThe Great Society; The Path Not Taken; Six: Backlash; Right Turn; Race and the New Deal Coalition; The Antinomies of State Power; The Conservative Revolution in Social Policy; The Liberal Defense of the Welfare State; Seven: The Future of Reform; Building from the Left?; Can Conservatism Succeed?; Liberalism Redux?; A New Liberalism?; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.