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BL
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953246
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b707616
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| Main Entry
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Quadagno, Jill S.
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| Title & Author
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The color of welfare : : how racism undermined the war on poverty /\ Jill Quadagno.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1996.
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1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0195079191
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: 0199874476
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: 9780195079197
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: 9780199874477
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0195101227
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9780195101225
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index.
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| Contents
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The equal opportunity welfare state -- Unfinished democracy -- Fostering political participation -- Extending equal employment opportunity -- Abandoning the American dream -- The politics of welfare reform -- The politics of motherhood -- Universal principles in social security -- Rebuilding the welfare state -- Explaining American exceptionalism.
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| Abstract
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Thirty years after Lyndon Johnson declared a War on Poverty, the United States still lags behind most Western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care support. Some critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class. In The Color of Welfare, Jill Quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the center of the "American Dilemma," as Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal did half.
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Economic assistance, Domestic-- United States.
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Poor-- United States.
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Economic assistance, Domestic.
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Poor.
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Race relations.
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Rassendiskriminierung
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Social policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Poverty Homelessness.
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Sozialpolitik
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United States, Race relations.
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United States, Social policy.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.5/69/0973
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| LC Classification
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HN59.Q28 1996eb
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