| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Understanding the failed welfare revolution -- The rise of guaranteed annual income -- Guaranteed annual income goes public -- The origins and transformation of the Nixon Plan -- Nixon's family assistance plan stalls -- Defeat and its policy legacy -- Carter and the program for better jobs and income -- Lost opportunities, consequences, and lessons -- Culture and welfare policy development. |
| Summary |
Today 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 1960s and 1970s, 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 1960s. One proposal, President Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, nearly passed into law in t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- United States.
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Public welfare. |
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United States. |
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Basic income -- United States.
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Basic income. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Steensland, Brian, 1967- Failed welfare revolution. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008 9780691127149 (DLC) 2007008734 (OCoLC)85833303 |
| ISBN |
9781400837489 (electronic book) |
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1400837480 (electronic book) |
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9780691127149 |
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069112714X |
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