02935nam 2200625 a 450 991078944280332120231002154633.00-19-774307-20-19-988020-41-283-12146-897866131214620-19-987447-6(CKB)2670000000092854(EBL)716691(OCoLC)729246983(SSID)ssj0000521568(PQKBManifestationID)12179798(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521568(PQKBWorkID)10518323(PQKB)11681343(Au-PeEL)EBL716691(CaPaEBR)ebr10472251(CaONFJC)MIL312146(MiAaPQ)EBC716691(EXLCZ)99267000000009285419931022d1995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe color of welfare how racism undermined the war on poverty /Jill QuadagnoNew York Oxford University Press19951 online resource (viii, 254 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-507919-1 0-19-510122-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: The Equal Opportunity Welfare State; ONE: Unfinished Democracy; TWO: Fostering Political Participation; THREE: Extending Equal Employment Opportunity; FOUR: Abandoning the American Dream; FIVE: The Politics of Welfare Reform; SIX: The Politics of Motherhood; SEVEN: Universal Principles in Social Security; EIGHT: Rebuilding the Welfare State; NINE: Explaining American Exceptionalism; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES; INDEXThirty years after Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the United States still lags behind most Western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care support. Some critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class. In The Color of Welfare, Jill Quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the center of the ""American Dilemma,"" as Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal did half a centuryEconomic assistance, DomesticUnited StatesPoorUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial policyUnited StatesRace relationsEconomic aspectsEconomic assistance, DomesticPoor305.5/69/0973Quadagno Jill S286400MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789442803321The color of welfare3681235UNINA