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An edition of To promote the general welfare (2012)

To promote the general welfare

the case for big government

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Lost in all the Tea Party rage and rhetoric is this simple fact: the federal government plays a central role in making our society function, and it always has. The essays in this volume explore the many ways government programs have improved the quality of life in America. From education, communication, and transportation to arts and culture, housing, finance, and public health, they explore how and why government programs originated, how they have worked and changed-- and been challenged-- since their inception, and why many of them are important to preserve.

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Oxford University Press
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English
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233

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Politics and government, Social policy, Public welfare, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Social Services & Welfare, Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Sociology & Social History, Social Conditions, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Public welfare, united states, United states, social policy, United states, politics and government, 21st century

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2012, Oxford University Press
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2012, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Table of Contents

Looking for government in all the wrong places / Brian Balogh
Transportation and the uniting of the nation / Zachary M. Schrag
Uncle Sam at the blackboard : the federal government and American education / Jonathan Zimmerman
Banking on government / Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Helmets : government power and the promise for security / Kevin Boyle
The right to a decent home / Thomas J. Sugrue
Solving the nation's number one health problem(s) / Karen Kruse Thomas
Culture for the people : how government has fostered the arts and culture / Steven Conn
From Franklin to Facebook : the civic mandate for American communications / Richard R. John
From endeavor to achievement and back again : government's greatest hits in peril
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
361.973
Library of Congress
HN59.2 .T6 2012, HN57 .T68 2012, HN59.2.T6 2012

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
233

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25170772M
Internet Archive
topromotegeneral0000unse
ISBN 13
9780199858552, 9780199858538
LCCN
2011053397
OCLC/WorldCat
768168279

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OL16462112W

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