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The color of welfare : how racism undermined the war on poverty /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996.
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| Edición: | 1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199874477 0199874476 0195079191 9780195079197 |