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America's struggle against poverty in the twentieth century / James T. Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patterson, James T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Government policy.
- History.
- Poverty.
- United States--Social policy.
- United States.
- Social policy.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Public welfare--United States--History--20th century.
- Public welfare.
- Poverty--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 312 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This new edition of Patterson's widely used book carries the story of battles over poverty and social welfare through what the author calls the "amazing 1990s," those years of extraordinary performance of the economy. He explores a range of issues arising from the economic phenomenon -- increasing inequality and demands for use of an improved poverty definition. He focuses the story on the impact of the highly controversial welfare reform of 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Democratic President Clinton, despite the laments of anguished liberals.
- Contents:
- I The Preventive Impulse, 1900-1930
- 1 Snapshots of the Poor 3
- 2 The Gospel of Prevention, Progressive Style 19
- II Coping and Rehabilitation, 1930-1960
- 3 The Poor in the Depression 37
- 4 The Early Welfare State 55
- 5 Withering Away 76
- III Doors to Opportunity, 1960-1965
- 6 The Rediscovery of Poverty 97
- 7 A Culture of Poverty? 112
- 8 Girding for War on Poverty 122
- 9 OEO: A Hand Up, Not a Handout 138
- IV The Unsung Revolution, 1965-1973
- 10 The Revolution in Social Welfare 153
- 11 The Welfare Explosion 166
- 12 Floors and Doors 179
- V Reactions, 1980-2000
- 13 Stalemate 193
- 14 Regression in the Early 1980s 204
- 15 Welfare Reform: No Consensus 217
- 16 The Amazing 1990s 234.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed of: America's struggle against poverty, 1900-1994. c1994.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674004345
- OCLC:
- 43810849
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