The war on welfare : family, poverty, and politics in modern America / Marisa Chappell.
Chappell, Marisa.
2010
HV91 .C4513 2010 (Mapit)
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Title The war on welfare : family, poverty, and politics in modern America / Marisa Chappell.
Author Chappell, Marisa.
ISBN 9780812242041 (alk. paper)
0812242041 (alk. paper)
Imprint Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010.
Language English
Description xi, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number HV91 .C4513 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.5/560973
Summary Why did the War on Poverty give way to the war on welfare? Many in the United States saw the welfare reforms of 1996 as the inevitable result of twelve years of conservative retrenchment in American social policy, but there is evidence that the seeds of this change were sown long before the Reagan Revolution- and not necessarily by the Right. Historian Marisa Chappell provides a fresh look at the national debate about poverty, welfare, and economic rights from the 1960s through the mid-1990s. In Chappell's telling, we experience the debate over welfare from multiple perspectives, including those of conservatives of several types, liberal antipoverty experts, national liberal organizations, labor, government officials, feminists of various persuasions, and poor women themselves.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Politics and culture in modern America.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Reconstructing the black family : the liberal antipoverty coalition in the 1960s
Legislating the male-breadwinner family : the family assistance plan
Building a new majority : welfare and economic justice in the 1970s
Debating the family wage : welfare reform in the Carter administration
Relinquishing responsibility for poor families : Reagan's family wage for the wealthy
Conclusion: beyond the family wage.

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