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English
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Piven and Cloward have updated their classic work on the history and function of welfare to cover the American welfare state's massive erosion during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years. The authors present a boldly comprehensive, brilliant new theory to explain the comparative underdevelopment of the U.S. welfare state among advanced industrial nations. Their conceptual framework promises to shape the debate within current and future administrations...
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Princeton University Press
Language
English
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Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies. The Failed Welfare Revolution shows us that things might have turned out differently. During the 1960s and 1970s, policymakers in three presidential administrations tried to replace the nation's existing welfare system with a revolutionary program to guarantee Americans basic economic security. Surprisingly from today's vantage point,
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Studies in critical social sciences. Critical global studies volume Volume 132
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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CROP international poverty studies volume Volume 6
Publisher
Ibidem Verlag
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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