Social Policy in the United States: Future Possibilities in Historical Perspective

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Princeton University Press, 1995 - 326 Seiten
Readers will be surprised at many of the findings and arguments of this volume. Skocpol dispels the myth that Americans are inherently hostile to governmental social spending. When universal social programs jointly benefit the middle class and the poor, she shows, Americans since the nineteenth century have been willing to pay taxes for them and happy to partake of the security they provide. Insights from the past also illuminate why ideological attacks against "bureaucratic meddling" by the federal government repeatedly prove so potent in U.S. politics. Skocpol suggests why President Clinton's proposals for comprehensive health care reforms were so quickly attacked, even though Americans agree that the health financing system is in crisis and support universal insurance coverage.
 

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CHAPTER THREE
72
CHAPTER FOUR
136
CHAPTER FIVE
167
CHAPTER
209
CHAPTER SEVEN
228
CHAPTER EIGHT
250
CHAPTER NINE
275
CHAPTER
293
Index
313
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Theda Skocpol is Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Among her many works are Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States and States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China.

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