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The divided welfare state : the battle over public and private social benefits in the United States / Jacob S. Hacker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hacker, Jacob S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state.
- United States--Social policy.
- United States.
- Social policy.
- Privatization--United States.
- Privatization.
- Welfare state--United States.
- Public Assistance.
- Insurance, Health--history.
- Social Welfare.
- Public Policy.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States.
- Public Assistance.
- Privatization.
- Insurance, Health--history.
- Social Welfare.
- Public Policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 447 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, [2002]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This book examines the political relationship between government social programs and private social benefits.
- Contents:
- The politics of public and private social benefits
- Connected at birth: public and private pensions before 1945
- Sibling rivalry: public and private pensions after 1945
- Seeds of exceptionalism: public and private health insurance before 1945
- The elusive cure: public and private health insurance after 1945
- The formation of the American welfare regime
- The future of the American welfare regime.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780511817298
- 0511817290
- Publisher Number:
- 99985125284
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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