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050 00 $aHV95$b.N53 1997
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100 1 $aNoble, Charles,$d1948-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85136681
245 10 $aWelfare as we knew it :$ba political history of the American welfare state /$cCharles Noble.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1997.
300 $a210 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-200) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Problem --$g2.$tAn Unusually Inhospitable Environment for Reform --$g3.$tProgressives --$g4.$tThe New Deal --$g5.$tThe Great Society --$g6.$tBacklash --$g7.$tThe Future of Reform.
520 $aCompared to other rich Western democracies, the United States historically has done less to help its citizens adapt to the uncertainties of life in a market economy. Nor does the immediate future seem to promise anything different. In Welfare As We Know It, Charles Noble offers a groundbreaking explanation of why America is so different, arguing that deeply rooted political factors, not public opinion, have limited what social reformers have been able to accomplish.
520 8 $aDrawing on state-of-the-art research in comparative politics, history, and sociology, the book's first two chapters demonstrate that decentralized political institutions, a weak labor movement, and racial conflict have loaded the dice against progressive reform in the United States. Four historical chapters, spanning the twentieth century from the Wilson to the Clinton Administrations, show how this inhospitable political environment has shackled proponents of public provision at critical junctures.
520 8 $aIn two provocative concluding chapters, Noble considers the future of U.S. social policy, contending that reformers who want government to do more must refocus their activities on political and institutional change, such as campaign finance and labor-law reform, if they hope to transform social policy.
650 0 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010109042
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial policy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547
852 00 $bleh$hHV95$i.N53 1997