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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quadagno, Jill S., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

Poor--United States.

Poor.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

United States--Race relations--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thirty years after Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the United States still lags behind most Western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care support. Some critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class. In The Color of Welfare, Jill Quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the center of the ""American Dilemma,"" as Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal did half a century

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: The Equal Opportunity Welfare State; ONE: Unfinished Democracy; TWO: Fostering Political Participation; THREE: Extending Equal Employment Opportunity; FOUR: Abandoning the American Dream; FIVE: The Politics of Welfare Reform; SIX: The Politics of Motherhood; SEVEN: Universal Principles in Social Security; EIGHT: Rebuilding the Welfare State; NINE: Explaining American Exceptionalism; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774307-2

0-19-988020-4

1-283-12146-8

9786613121462

0-19-987447-6

OCLC:

729246983