LEADER 02935nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910789442803321 005 20231002154633.0 010 $a0-19-774307-2 010 $a0-19-988020-4 010 $a1-283-12146-8 010 $a9786613121462 010 $a0-19-987447-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092854 035 $a(EBL)716691 035 $a(OCoLC)729246983 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521568 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12179798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521568 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10518323 035 $a(PQKB)11681343 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL716691 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10472251 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312146 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC716691 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092854 100 $a19931022d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe color of welfare $ehow racism undermined the war on poverty /$fJill Quadagno 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-19-507919-1 311 0 $a0-19-510122-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCOVER; 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; INDEX 330 $aThirty 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 century 606 $aEconomic assistance, Domestic$zUnited States 606 $aPoor$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEconomic assistance, Domestic 615 0$aPoor 676 $a305.5/69/0973 700 $aQuadagno$b Jill S$0286400 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789442803321 996 $aThe color of welfare$93681235 997 $aUNINA