LEADER 04330nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910461298903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-13471-3 010 $a9786613134714 010 $a1-4008-3748-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837489 035 $a(CKB)2670000000095426 035 $a(EBL)713817 035 $a(OCoLC)730151786 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522513 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11345569 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522513 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10529174 035 $a(PQKB)10860552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC713817 035 $a(OCoLC)733058000 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36738 035 $a(DE-B1597)447733 035 $a(OCoLC)1054870043 035 $a(OCoLC)979779872 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL713817 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10478260 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313471 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000095426 100 $a20070301d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe failed welfare revolution$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica's struggle over guaranteed income policy /$fBrian Steensland 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-17797-X 311 $a0-691-12714-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-295) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tINTRODUCTION: Understanding the Failed Welfare Revolution --$tCHAPTER ONE. The Rise of Guaranteed Annual Income --$tCHAPTER TWO. Guaranteed Annual Income Goes Public --$tCHAPTER THREE. The Origins and Transformation of the Nixon Plan --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Nixon's Family Assistance Plan Stalls --$tCHAPTER FIVE. Defeat and Its Policy Legacy --$tCHAPTER SIX. Carter and the Program for Better Jobs and Income --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. Lost Opportunities, Consequences, and Lessons --$tCHAPTER EIGHT. Culture and Welfare Policy Development --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aToday the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies. The Failed Welfare Revolution shows us that things might have turned out differently. During the 1960's and 1970's, policymakers in three presidential administrations tried to replace the nation's existing welfare system with a revolutionary program to guarantee Americans basic economic security. Surprisingly from today's vantage point, guaranteed income plans received broad bipartisan support in the 1960's. One proposal, President Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, nearly passed into law in the 1970's, and President Carter advanced a similar bill a few years later. The failure of these proposals marked the federal government's last direct effort to alleviate poverty among the least advantaged and, ironically, sowed the seeds of conservative welfare reform strategies under President Reagan and beyond. This episode has largely vanished from America's collective memory. Here, Brian Steensland tells the whole story for the first time--from why such an unlikely policy idea first developed to the factors that sealed its fate. His account, based on extensive original research in presidential archives, draws on mainstream social science perspectives that emphasize the influence of powerful stakeholder groups and policymaking institutions. But Steensland also shows that some of the most potent obstacles to guaranteed income plans were cultural. Most centrally, by challenging Americans' longstanding distinction between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor, the plans threatened the nation's cultural, political, and economic status quo. 606 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States 606 $aGuaranteed annual income$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic welfare 615 0$aGuaranteed annual income 676 $a362.5/82 700 $aSteensland$b Brian$f1967-$01047413 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461298903321 996 $aThe failed welfare revolution$92474995 997 $aUNINA