The Politics of Social Policy in the United States

by Ann Shola Orloff and Margaret Weir

Book Overview

This volume places the welfare debates of the 1980s in the context of past patterns of U.S. policy, such as the Social Security Act of 1935, the failure of efforts in the 1940s to extend national social benefits and economic planning, and the backlashes against "big government" that followed reforms of the 1960s and early 1970s. Historical analysis reveals that certain social policies have flourished in the United States: those that have appealed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691028419
• ISBN13: 9780691028415
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"