1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910518189303321

Autore

Knauer Birgit

Titolo

Gesunde Stadt : Die Assanierung der Stadt Wien (1934 - 1938) / / Birgit Knauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, , 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour)

Disciplina

307.3416

Soggetti

Urban renewal

City planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Unter der Maxime Wien im Aufbau wurden im Ständestaat ab Mitte der 1930er Jahre nicht nur gezielt Altbauten abgerissen, sondern auch die Entfernung historischer Putzfassaden und Gliederungselemente gefördert. Neben der Verbesserung der Wohnverhältnisse und der Verkehrsbedingungen versprach man sich davon auch eine "Verschönerung" des Stadtbildes. Die erste Untersuchung dieser Periode geht der Hypothese eines spezifischen, politisch motivierten, rigorosen Umgangs mit der Substanz und Struktur der Altstadt Wiens in diesen Jahren nach. Sie wertet verschiedene Archivquellen wie Pläne, Fotos und Schriften aus und leistet einen manuellen Abgleich diverser Stadtkarten. Das Buch zeigt den Zusammenhang von Stadtplanung und Politik auf und liefert über Wien hinaus neue Erkenntnisse zum Umgang mit historischer Bausubstanz.

From 1934 onwards, the city government provided funds to revive the construction industry and to push on with the renewal of the city. Many "outdated" and "traffic-obstructing" buildings were destroyed, facades were renovated by removing ornaments and structural elements which were then considered "worthless" and "tasteless". This book deals with a chapter of the architectural and urban history of Vienna that has thus far been neglected, examines the "healing" of the city in its dimensions as well as the parallel discussions of experts, and compares the



renewal of the city of Vienna with similar developments in other European countries in the 1930s.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783311603321

Autore

Reese Ellen <1969->

Titolo

Backlash against welfare mothers [[electronic resource] ] : past and present / / Ellen Reese

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-77184-1

9786612771842

0-520-93871-2

1-59875-520-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Disciplina

362.5/568/0973

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States - History

Welfare recipients - Employment - United States

Aid to families with dependent children programs

Single mothers - Government policy - United States

United States Social policy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working



families.

Sommario/riassunto

Backlash against Welfare Mothers is a forceful examination of how and why a state-level revolt against welfare, begun in the late 1940's, was transformed into a national-level assault that destroyed a critical part of the nation's safety net, with tragic consequences for American society. With a wealth of original research, Ellen Reese puts recent debates about the contemporary welfare backlash into historical perspective. She provides a closer look at these early antiwelfare campaigns, showing why they were more successful in some states than others and how opponents of welfare sometimes targeted Puerto Ricans and Chicanos as well as blacks for cutbacks. Her research reveals both the continuities and changes in American welfare opposition from the late 1940's to the present. Reese brings new evidence to light that reveals how large farmers and racist politicians, concerned about the supply of cheap labor, appealed to white voters' racial resentments and stereotypes about unwed mothers, blacks, and immigrants in the 1950's. She then examines congressional failure to replace the current welfare system with a more popular alternative in the 1960's and 1970's, which paved the way for national assaults on welfare. Taking a fresh look at recent debates on welfare reform, she explores how and why politicians competing for the white vote and right-wing think tanks promoting business interests appeased the Christian right and manufactured consent for cutbacks through a powerful, racially coded discourse. Finally, through firsthand testimonies, Reese vividly portrays the tragic consequences of current welfare policies and calls for a bold new agenda for working families.