The sympathetic state : disaster relief and the origins of the American welfare state /

Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR's relief and social security programmes faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. In response, New Dealers pointed to a long tradition - dating back to 1790 and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dauber, Michele Landis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Temas:
Economic assistance, Domestic > Law and legislation > United States.
Welfare state > United States > History.
Disaster relief > Government policy > United States.
État providence > États-Unis > Histoire.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Disaster relief > Government policy.
Economic assistance, Domestic > Law and legislation.
Welfare state.
United States of America, USA.
History.
History of the Americas.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Society.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Disaster relief and the welfare state
  • Building the sympathetic state
  • Innovations
  • The spreading delta
  • Crafting the Depression
  • The bomb-proof power
  • The well-beaten path
  • We lost our all
  • Living in a sympathetic state.

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