Social democratic America / / Lane Kenworthy

• Autore: Kenworthy Lane
• Pubblicazione: Oxford [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 335.50973
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - United States; Democracy - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy 1993-; Developing countries Social policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 economy
• Titolo autorizzato: Social democratic America
• ISBN: 0-19-932253-8; 0-19-023095-9; 0-19-932252-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814433003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II