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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784577603321

Autore

Stoesz David

Titolo

Quixote's ghost : the right, the liberati, and the future of social policy / / David Stoesz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-19-774263-7

1-280-42850-3

0-19-804004-0

1-60256-553-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

361.610973

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States

Conservatism - United States

Liberalism - United States

Right and left (Political science)

United States Social policy 1980-1993

United States Social policy 1993-

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 PARADIGM LOST; 2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF ALTRUISM; 3 CONTROLLING THE MEANS OF ANALYSIS; 4 THE LIBERATI; 5 POOR POLICY; 6 WEDNESDAY'S CHILDREN; 7 RADICAL PRAGMATISM; 8 RENAISSANCE; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of the ideological fight for control of American social welfare policy, this book demonstrates how the Right pirated the pragmatism championed by the Left since the New Deal and what that means for the future of social policy. It illustrates how both the Right and the Left have shortchanged American social policy.