| Description |
xvi, 355 pages : map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references page (271-330) and index. |
| Contents |
Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families. |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- United States -- History.
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Public welfare. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States.
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Welfare recipients -- Employment. |
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Aid to families with dependent children programs.
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Aid to families with dependent children programs. |
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Single mothers -- Government policy -- United States.
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Single mothers -- Government policy. |
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Single mothers. |
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United States -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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Eenoudergezinnen. |
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Sociale geschiedenis. |
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Welzijnszorg. |
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7.150. |
| ISBN |
0520244621 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520244613 cloth alkaline paper |
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