The color of welfare : how racism undermined the war on poverty / / Jill Quadagno

• Autore: Quadagno Jill S
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 305.5/69/0973
• Soggetto topico: Economic assistance, Domestic - United States; Poor - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy; United States Race relations Economic aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Thirty 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The color of welfare
• ISBN: 0-19-774307-2; 0-19-988020-4; 1-283-12146-8; 9786613121462; 0-19-987447-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807158203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II