Social democratic America / Lane Kenworthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenworthy, Lane, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

America is the one of the wealthiest nations on earth. So why do so many Americans struggle to make ends meet? Why is it so difficult for those who start at the bottom to reach the middle class? And why, if a rising economic tide lifts all boats, have middle-class incomes been growing so slowly? 'Social Democratic America' explains how this has happened and how we can do better. Lane Kenworthy convincingly argues that we can improve economic security, expand opportunity, and ensure rising living standards for all by moving toward social democracy. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of social policy in America and other affluent countries, he proposes a set of public social programs, including universal early education, an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit, wage insurance, the government as employer of last resort, and many others.

Contents:

Toward the good society : an American path

What's the problem?

How can we fix it?

Objections and alternatives

Can it happen?

America's social democratic future acknowledgments.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-759379-8

0-19-932253-8

0-19-023095-9

0-19-932252-X

OCLC:

864383265