The Politics of Social Policy in the United States

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Margaret Weir, Ann Shola Orloff, Theda Skocpol
Princeton University Press, May 21, 1988 - Political Science - 465 pages

This volume places the welfare debates of the 1980s in the context of past patterns of U.S. policy, such as the Social Security Act of 1935, the failure of efforts in the 1940s to extend national social benefits and economic planning, and the backlashes against "big government" that followed reforms of the 1960s and early 1970s. Historical analysis reveals that certain social policies have flourished in the United States: those that have appealed simultaneously to middle-class and lower-income people, while not involving direct bureaucratic interventions into local communities. The editors suggest how new family and employment policies, devised along these lines, might revitalize broad political coalitions and further basic national values.


The contributors are Edwin Amenta, Robert Aponte, Mary Jo Bane, Kenneth Finegold, John Myles, Kathryn Neckerman, Gary Orfield, Ann Shola Orloff, Jill Quadagno, Theda Skocpol, Helene Slessarev, Beth Stevens, Margaret Weir, and William Julius Wilson.

 

Contents

The Political Origins of Americas Belated Welfare State
37
World War II and the Development
81
How the Federal Government
123
The Frustration
149
Social
199
Postwar Capitalism and the Extension of Social Security into
265
The Limits of the New Deal System and the Roots
293
The Loss of the Integrationist
313
Social Programs
357
Politics and Policies of the Feminization of Poverty
381
Family Structure Black Unemployment and American
397
The Future of Social Policy in the United States
421
Notes on Contributors
447
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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Politics of Social Policy in the United States
Volume 2 of Studies from the Project on the Federal Social Role
EditorsMargaret Weir, Ann Shola Orloff, Theda Skocpol
ContributorProject on the Federal Social Role (U.S.)
Editionillustrated
PublisherPrinceton University Press, 1988
ISBN0691028419, 9780691028415
Length465 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy
Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Social Science / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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