The failed welfare revolution : America's struggle over guaranteed income policy /

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Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies. The Failed Welfare Revolution shows us that things might have turned out differently. During the 1960s and 1970s, policymakers in three presidential administrations tried to replace the n...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Steensland, Brian, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States.
Basic income > United States.
Revenu annuel garanti > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Basic income.
Public welfare.
Sozialpolitik
Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen
Armoede.
Armenzorg.
Inkomensbeleid.
United States.
USA
Verenigde Staten.
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Understanding the failed welfare revolution
  • The rise of guaranteed annual income
  • Guaranteed annual income goes public
  • The origins and transformation of the Nixon Plan
  • Nixon's family assistance plan stalls
  • Defeat and its policy legacy
  • Carter and the program for better jobs and income
  • Lost opportunities, consequences, and lessons
  • Culture and welfare policy development.

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