| Description |
xiii, 465 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies from the Project on the Federal Social Role
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Studies from the Project on the Federal Social Role.
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| Note |
Revised papers from the second and third of three conference held in Chicago throughout 1984-1985, and sponsored by the Project on the Federal Social Role. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : understanding American social politics / Margaret Weir, Ann Shola Orloff, and Theda Skocpol -- Institutional limits and patterns of policy. The political origins of America's belated welfare state / Ann Shola Orloff -- Redefining the New Deal : World War II and the development of social provision in the United States / Edwin Amenta and Theda Skocpol -- Blurring the boundaries : how the federal government has influenced welfare benefits in the private sector / Beth Stevens -- The federal government and unemployment : the frustration of policy innovation from the New Deal to the Great Society / Margaret Weir -- Transformations within the New Deal system. Agriculture and the politics of U.S. social provision : social insurance and food stamps / Kenneth Finegold -- From old-age assistance to supplemental security income : the political economy of relief in the South, 1935-1972 / Jill Quadagno -- Postwar capitalism and the extension of social security into a retirement wage / John Myles. |
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(cont.) Social policy, race, and the "poverty problem." The limits of the New Deal system and the roots of contemporary welfare dilemmas / Theda Skocpol -- Race and the liberal agenda : the loss of the integrationist dream, 1965-1974 / Gary Orfield -- Racial tensions and institutional support : social programs during a period of retrenchment / Helene Slessarev -- Politics and policies of the feminization of poverty / Mary Jo Bane -- Family structure, black unemployment, and American social policy / Kathryn M. Neckerman, Robert Aponte, and William Julius Wilson -- Epilogue : the future of social policy in the United States : political constraints and possibilities / Margaret Weir, Ann Schola Orloff, and Theda Skocpol. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social policy -- Congresses.
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United States. |
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Social policy. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Congresses.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Public welfare -- United States -- Congresses.
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Public welfare. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Congresses.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
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Welfare state -- Congresses.
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Welfare state. |
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EE. UU. -- Política social. |
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EE. UU. -- Condiciones sociales -- 1945. |
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EE. UU. -- Política y gobierno -- 1945 1989. |
| Indexed Term |
Social conditions Policies Of Government |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Subject |
Asistencia estatal.
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| Added Author |
Weir, Margaret, 1952-
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Orloff, Ann Shola.
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Skocpol, Theda.
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Project on the Federal Social Role (U.S.)
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| ISBN |
0691094365 alkaline paper $52.00 |
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9780691094366 alkaline paper |
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0691028419 paperback $14.50 |
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9780691028415 paperback |
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