Democracy and the Welfare State /

Democracy and the Welfare State / / 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 welfa...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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