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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777608303321

Autore

Poole Mary <1960->

Titolo

The segregated origins of social security [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and the welfare state / / Mary Poole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006

ISBN

979-88-908796-4-6

0-8078-7722-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

368.4/00973

Soggetti

African Americans - Economic conditions - 20th century

African Americans - Government policy - History - 20th century

African Americans - Segregation - History - 20th century

Social security - United States - History - 20th century

Race discrimination - United States - History - 20th century

Welfare state - United States - History - 20th century

Racism - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Depressions - 1929 - United States

New Deal, 1933-1939

United States Social policy

United States Politics and government 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

So now Mr. President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression -- The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress -- Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security -- Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations -- Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau -- Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.

Sommario/riassunto

The relationship between welfare and racial inequality has long been understood as a fight between liberal and conservative forces. The author challenges this basic assumption. She demonstrates that segregation was built into the very foundation of the welfare state



because white policy makers shared an interest in preserving white race privilege.