The welfare state nobody knows : debunking myths about U.S. social policy /
Howard, Christopher, 1961-
The welfare state nobody knows : debunking myths about U.S. social policy / Christopher Howard. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. - xiv, 259 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-254) and index.
I: Basic tour -- She's so unusual -- Tracks of my tiers -- Twice in a lifetime -- II: New horizons -- Ogres, onions, and layers (or, how Republicans built the American welfare state) -- Programs for the poor are not always poor programs -- Shaq is still pretty tall: public support for the American welfare state -- The world according to AARP -- III: Checkpoints and roadblocks -- The American states: laboratories of Democracy or cryogenic chambers? -- Race still matters -- Change versus progress.
069112180X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691121802 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006011959
GBA683761 bnb
Public welfare--United States.
United States--Social policy.
United States--Social conditions.
HN57 / .H68 2007
361.6/10973
The welfare state nobody knows : debunking myths about U.S. social policy / Christopher Howard. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007. - xiv, 259 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-254) and index.
I: Basic tour -- She's so unusual -- Tracks of my tiers -- Twice in a lifetime -- II: New horizons -- Ogres, onions, and layers (or, how Republicans built the American welfare state) -- Programs for the poor are not always poor programs -- Shaq is still pretty tall: public support for the American welfare state -- The world according to AARP -- III: Checkpoints and roadblocks -- The American states: laboratories of Democracy or cryogenic chambers? -- Race still matters -- Change versus progress.
069112180X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691121802 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006011959
GBA683761 bnb
Public welfare--United States.
United States--Social policy.
United States--Social conditions.
HN57 / .H68 2007
361.6/10973