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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814433003321

Autore

Kenworthy Lane

Titolo

Social democratic America / / Lane Kenworthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-19-932253-8

0-19-023095-9

0-19-932252-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

335.50973

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States

Democracy - United States

United States Social policy 1993-

Developing countries 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

Toward the good society : an American path -- What's the problem? -- How can we fix it? -- Objections and alternatives -- Can it happen? -- America's social democratic future acknowledgments.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite our nation's great affluence, too many Americans can't make ends meet. Too many have no health insurance or inadequate insurance. Too few have seen their boat lifted when the economic tide rises. We all know that this is wrong. Social Democratic America explains how we can do better. Lane Kenworthy convincingly argues that we can improve economic security, expand opportunity, and ensure rising living standards for all by moving toward social democracy. In a good society, Kenworthy asserts, when the country prospers, everyone should prosper. But since the late 1970s, even as the economy