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The assault on social policy / William Roth.
LIBRA HN65 .R66 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roth, William, 1942-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social policy--1993-.
- United States.
- Social policy.
- Business and politics--United States.
- Business and politics.
- Corporations--Political activity--United States.
- Corporations.
- Corporations--Political activity.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 193 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Based on incisive analyses of economic globalization, class, politics, and bureaucracy, "The Assault on Social Policy" argues that the perfection of the free market is a myth. Roth analyzes the rhetoric used to make poverty seem acceptable, shows how corporations affect the distribution of wealth and other resources, and considers the effect on disabled people, criminals, children, and health care. He concludes that increased transnational corporate power has created the need for large-scale systematic public policy changes.
- Contents:
- 1. Policy 9
- 2. Corporations 24
- 3. Poverty 46
- 4. Welfare 63
- 5. Disability 78
- 6. Social Security 94
- 7. Health 107
- 8. Children 125
- 9. Outsiders 141
- 10. Democratic Change 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231123809
- 0231123817
- OCLC:
- 47177015
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