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Author Quadagno, Jill S.

Title The color of welfare : how racism undermined the war on poverty / Jill Quadagno.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.569 Q22c    ---  Available
Description viii, 254 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index.
Contents The equal opportunity welfare state -- Unfinished democracy --Fostering political participation -- Extending equal employment opportunity -- Abandoning the American dream -- The politics of welfare reform -- The politics of motherhood -- Universal principles in social security -- Rebuilding the welfare state -- Explaining American exceptionalism.
Subject Economic assistance, Domestic
Poor
United States -- Social policy.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 0195079191 (acid-free paper) : $24.00

 
    
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