| Description |
xi, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Politics and culture in modern America |
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Politics and culture in modern America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Reconstructing the black family : the liberal antipoverty coalition in the 1960s -- Legislating the male-breadwinner family : the family assistance plan -- Building a new majority : welfare and economic justice in the 1970s -- Debating the family wage : welfare reform in the Carter administration -- Relinquishing responsibility for poor families : Reagan's family wage for the wealthy -- Conclusion: beyond the family wage. |
| Summary |
Why did the War on Poverty give way to the war on welfare? Many in the United States saw the welfare reforms of 1996 as the inevitable result of twelve years of conservative retrenchment in American social policy, but there is evidence that the seeds of this change were sown long before the Reagan Revolution- and not necessarily by the Right. Historian Marisa Chappell provides a fresh look at the national debate about poverty, welfare, and economic rights from the 1960s through the mid-1990s. In Chappell's telling, we experience the debate over welfare from multiple perspectives, including those of conservatives of several types, liberal antipoverty experts, national liberal organizations, labor, government officials, feminists of various persuasions, and poor women themselves. |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Poor women -- Government policy -- United States.
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Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States.
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Aid to families with dependent children programs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9780812242041 (alk. paper) |
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0812242041 (alk. paper) |
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