Welfare as we knew it : a political history of the American welfare state / Charles Noble.

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Noble, Charles, 1948-

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TextSeries: OUP E-BooksPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (210 pages)Content type:

text

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058535667X
9780585356679
9780195113372
0195113373
1602561885
9781602561885
1280453834
9781280453830
9786610453832
6610453837
0195113365
9780195113365
9780195354430
0195354435

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Welfare as we knew it.DDC classification:

361.973 21

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HV95 .N53 1997eb

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15.85
MG 70920
MS 6500

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Contents:

Introduction; One: The Problem; Two: An Unusually Inhospitable Environment for Reform; Three: Progressives; Four: The New Deal; Five: The Great Society; Six: Backlash; Seven: The Future of Reform; Conclusion; Notes; Index.

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Summary: Compared to other rich Western democracies, the United States historically has done less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. Nor does the immediate future seem to promise anything different. In Welfare As We Know It, Charles Noble offers a groundbreaking explanation of why America is so different, arguing that deeply rooted political factors, not public opinion, have limited what social reformers have been able to accomplish.Summary: Drawing on state-of-the-art research in comparative politics, history, and sociology, the book's first two chapters demonstrate that decentralized political institutions, a weak labor movement, and racial conflict have loaded the dice against progressive reform in the United States. Four historical chapters, spanning the twentieth century from the Wilson to the Clinton Administrations, show how this inhospitable political environment has shackled proponents of public provision at critical junctures. In two provocative concluding chapters, Noble considers the future of U.S. social policy, contending that reformers who want government to do more must refocus their activities on political and institutional change, such as campaign finance and labor-law reform, if they hope to transform social policy.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-200) and index.

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Compared to other rich Western democracies, the United States historically has done less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. Nor does the immediate future seem to promise anything different. In Welfare As We Know It, Charles Noble offers a groundbreaking explanation of why America is so different, arguing that deeply rooted political factors, not public opinion, have limited what social reformers have been able to accomplish.

Drawing on state-of-the-art research in comparative politics, history, and sociology, the book's first two chapters demonstrate that decentralized political institutions, a weak labor movement, and racial conflict have loaded the dice against progressive reform in the United States. Four historical chapters, spanning the twentieth century from the Wilson to the Clinton Administrations, show how this inhospitable political environment has shackled proponents of public provision at critical junctures. In two provocative concluding chapters, Noble considers the future of U.S. social policy, contending that reformers who want government to do more must refocus their activities on political and institutional change, such as campaign finance and labor-law reform, if they hope to transform social policy.

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