Politics and Jobs : the Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States.

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Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the powe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weir, Margaret
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Full employment policies > United States.
Manpower policy > United States.
Public service employment > United States.
Emploi > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Création d'emplois > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Plein emploi > États-Unis.
Marché du travail > États-Unis.
Création d'emplois > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Social policy
Full employment policies
Manpower policy
Public service employment
Werkgelegenheidsbeleid.
Arbeidsmarkt.
Bureaux de placement > États-Unis.
Politique du travail > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
Politique de l'emploi > Etats-Unis.
United States > Social policy.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States
États-Unis > Politique de l'emploi > 20e siècle.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • One. Innovation and Boundaries in American Policymaking
  • Two. Creating an American Keynesianism
  • Three. Race and the Politics of Poverty
  • Four. Public Employment and the Politics of ""Corruption
  • Five. The Political Collapse of Full Employment
  • Six. Policy Boundaries and Political Possibilities
  • Notes
  • Index

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