When movements matter : the Townsend plan and the rise of social security /

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"Drawing on a wealth of primary evidence, historical detail, and arresting images, Edwin Amenta traces the ups and downs of the Townsend Plan and its elderly leader Dr. Francis E. Townsend in the struggle to remake old age. In the process, Amenta advances a new theory of when social movements a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amenta, Edwin, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Princeton studies in American politics.
Temas:
Old age pensions > United States.
Individual retirement accounts > United States.
Social security > United States.
Pensions de vieillesse > États-Unis.
Sécurité sociale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Individual retirement accounts.
Old age pensions.
Social security.
Sociale bewegingen.
Pensioen.
Politieke aspecten.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Drawing on a wealth of primary evidence, historical detail, and arresting images, Edwin Amenta traces the ups and downs of the Townsend Plan and its elderly leader Dr. Francis E. Townsend in the struggle to remake old age. In the process, Amenta advances a new theory of when social movements are influential."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 322 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-310) and index.
ISBN:9780691221212
0691221219
0691124736
9780691124735

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