The color of welfare : how racism undermined the war on poverty /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quadagno, Jill S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Edición:1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed.
Temas:
Economic assistance, Domestic > United States.
Poor > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Poor.
Race relations.
Social policy.
Sozialpolitik
Rassendiskriminierung
United States > Social policy.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
USA.
Poverty
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The equal opportunity welfare state
  • Unfinished democracy
  • Fostering political participation
  • Extending equal employment opportunity
  • Abandoning the American dream
  • The politics of welfare reform
  • The politics of motherhood
  • Universal principles in social security
  • Rebuilding the welfare state
  • Explaining American exceptionalism.

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