Democracy and the Welfare State / / ed. by Amy Gutmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Carens, Joseph,; Elster, Jon,; Fullinwider, Robert,; Gutmann, Amy,; Hochschild, Jennifer,; Kelley, Stanley,; Krouse, Richard,; Mcpherson, Michael,; Moon, J.,; Pateman, Carole,; Thompson, Dennis,; Walzer, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Gutmann, Amy,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies from the Project on the Federal Social Role ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Socializing the Welfare State --; 2. The Moral Basis of the Democratic Welfare State --; 3. Is There (or Should There Be) a Right to Work? --; 4. Capitalism, "Property-Owning Democracy," and the Welfare State --; 5. Distributing Public Education in a Democracy --; 6. Representatives in the Welfare State --; 7. Race, Class, Power, and the American Welfare State --; 8. Democracy and the New Deal Party System --; 9. Immigration and the Welfare State --; 10. The Patriarchal Welfare State --; 11. Citizenship and Welfare --; Notes on Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691217956; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691217956?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Amy Gutmann.

The essays in this volume explore the moral foundations and the political prospects of the welfare state in the United States. Among the questions addressed are the following: Has public support for the welfare state faded? Can a democratic state provide welfare without producing dependency on welfare? Is a capitalist (or socialist) economy consistent with the preservation of equal liberty and equal opportunity for all citizens? Why and in what ways does the welfare state discriminate against women? Can we justify limiting immigration for the sake of safeguarding the welfare of Americans? How can elementary and secondary education be distributed consistently with democratic values? The volume confronts powerful criticisms that have been leveled against the welfare state by conservatives, liberals, and radicals and suggests reforms in welfare state programs that might meet these criticisms. The contributors are Joseph H. Carens, Jon Elster, Robert K. Fullinwider, Amy Gutmann, Jennifer L. Hochschild, Stanley Kelley, Jr., Richard Krouse, Michael McPherson, J. Donald Moon, Carole Pateman, Dennis Thompson, and Michael Walzer.