02533nam 2200613 450 991081443300332120230126203700.00-19-932253-80-19-023095-90-19-932252-X(CKB)2550000001165212(EBL)1573133(OCoLC)864383265(SSID)ssj0001060340(PQKBManifestationID)12437786(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060340(PQKBWorkID)11088069(PQKB)10497949(MiAaPQ)EBC1573133(Au-PeEL)EBL1573133(CaPaEBR)ebr10806873(CaONFJC)MIL546486(EXLCZ)99255000000116521220130506h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial democratic America /Lane KenworthyOxford [England] :Oxford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-932251-1 1-306-15235-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 economyPublic welfareUnited StatesDemocracyUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial policy1993-Developing countriesSocial policyPublic welfareDemocracy335.50973Kenworthy Lane1117819MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814433003321Social democratic America4005608UNINA