Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social PolicyAccording to conventional wisdom, American social policy has always been exceptional--exceptionally stingy and backwards. But Edwin Amenta reminds us here that sixty years ago the United States led the world in spending on social provision. He combines history and political theory to account for this surprising fact--and to explain why the country's leading role was short-lived. |
Contents
Paradoxes of American Social Policy | 3 |
An Institutional Politics Theory of Social Policy | 18 |
An Indifferent Commitment to Modern Social Policy 18801934 | 54 |
Americas First Welfare Reform 19351936 | 80 |
Consolidating the Work and Relief Policy 19371939 | 122 |
Some Little New Deals Are Littler than Others | 162 |
Redefining the New Deal 19401950 | 191 |
A Welfare State for Britain | 231 |
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Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American ... Edwin Amenta Limited preview - 2021 |
Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American ... Edwin Amenta Limited preview - 2000 |
Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American ... Edwin Amenta No preview available - 1998 |