LEADER 03238nam 2200553 450 001 9910480434403321 005 20210831025111.0 010 $a0-271-05039-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271050393 035 $a(CKB)2550000000089006 035 $a(OCoLC)785781062 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532216 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000611670 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12232677 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611670 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10666656 035 $a(PQKB)10843933 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3384979 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224275 035 $a(DE-B1597)583953 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271050393 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000089006 100 $a20201001d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy without decency $egood citizenship and the war on poverty /$fWilliam M. Epstein 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cPennsylvania State University Press,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-271-03633-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tcontents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$tIntroduction: The Good Citizen and American Social Welfare --$t1. The Programmatic Precursors to the War on Poverty --$t2. The War on Poverty: Programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity --$t3. Other War on Poverty Programs --$t4. The Social Insurances and Welfare --$t5. Charity and Community Organization --$tConclusion: The Iron Sculpture --$tTables --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a361.610973 700 $aEpstein$b William M.$f1944-$01048870 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480434403321 996 $aDemocracy without decency$92477456 997 $aUNINA