Politics and Jobs : : The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States / / Margaret Weir.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Weir, Margaret,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.) :; 6 line illus., 11 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; List of Abbreviations --; POLITICS AND JOBS --; One. Innovation and Boundaries in American Policymaking --; Two. Creating an American Keynesianism --; Three. Race and the Politics of Poverty --; Four. Public Employment and the Politics of "Corruption" --; Five. The Political Collapse of Full Employment --; Six. Policy Boundaries and Political Possibilities --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691227856; 9783110442496; 9783110784237
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691227856?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Margaret Weir.

Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.