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
Main Author: Steensland, Brian, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Inkomensbeleid.
Armenzorg.
Armoede.
Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen
Sozialpolitik
Public welfare.
Basic income.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Revenu annuel garanti > États-Unis.
Basic income > United States.
Public welfare > United States.
USA.
Verenigde Staten.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 nation's existing welfare system with a revolutionary program to guarantee Americans basic economic security. Surprisingly from today's vantage point, guaranteed income plans received broad bipartisan support in the 1960s. One proposal, President Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, nearly passed into law in t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (330 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400837489

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