03238nam 2200553 450 991048043440332120210831025111.00-271-05039-X10.1515/9780271050393(CKB)2550000000089006(OCoLC)785781062(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532216(SSID)ssj0000611670(PQKBManifestationID)12232677(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611670(PQKBWorkID)10666656(PQKB)10843933(MiAaPQ)EBC3384979(MiAaPQ)EBC6224275(DE-B1597)583953(DE-B1597)9780271050393(EXLCZ)99255000000008900620201001d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDemocracy without decency good citizenship and the war on poverty /William M. EpsteinUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :Pennsylvania State University Press,[2010]©20101 online resource (282 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-271-03633-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --contents --Acknowledgments --Preface --Introduction: The Good Citizen and American Social Welfare --1. The Programmatic Precursors to the War on Poverty --2. The War on Poverty: Programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity --3. Other War on Poverty Programs --4. The Social Insurances and Welfare --5. Charity and Community Organization --Conclusion: The Iron Sculpture --Tables --References --IndexThe conservative attacks on the welfare system in the United States over the past several decades have put liberal defenders of poverty relief and social insurance programs on the defensive. In this no-holds-barred look at the reality of American social policy since World War II, William Epstein argues that this defense is not worth mounting—that the claimed successes of American social programs are not sustained by evidence. Rather than their failure being the result of inadequate implementation or political resistance stemming from the culture wars, these programs and their built-in limitations actually do represent what the vast majority of people in this country want them to be. However much people may speak in favor of welfare, the proof of what they really want is in the pudding of the social policies that are actually legislated. The stinginess of America’s welfare system is the product of basic American values rooted in the myth of “heroic individualism” and reinforced by a commitment to social efficiency, the idea that social services need to be minimal and compatible with current social arrangements.United StatesSocial policyUnited StatesEconomic policyElectronic books.361.610973Epstein William M.1944-1048870MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910480434403321Democracy without decency2477456UNINA01160nam a22002531i 450099100224274970753620040220100845.0040407s1959 it |||||||||||||||||ita b12892786-39ule_instARCHE-087240ExLDip.to Studi StoriciitaA.t.i. Arché s.c.r.l. Pandora Sicilia s.r.l.332Dell'Amore, Giordano460849La difesa finanziaria dell'agricoltura italiana :prolusione tenuta in Firenze l'11 gennaio 1959 per l'inaugurazione del 206 anno accademico dell'Accademia dei Georgofili /Giordano Dell'AmoreMilano :Giuffrè,195940 p. ;24 cmIstituto di economia aziendale dell'Università commerciale L. Bocconi, Milano.Serie Relazioni ;13Credito agrario.b1289278602-04-1416-04-04991002242749707536LE009 Fondo Chiatante 2212023000061510le009-E0.00-no 00000.i1345693316-04-04Difesa finanziaria dell'agricoltura italiana305146UNISALENTOle00916-04-04ma -itait 31