Obama’s Welfare Legacy : : An Assessment of US Anti-Poverty Policies / / Anne Daguerre.
The election of Barack Obama in the midst of the 2008 economic downturn brought hope to millions and presented an opportunity for expanding socio-economic rights. But the Obama administration was consistently constrained by the challenges of divided government, and the now threatened Affordable Care...
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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The American social contract
- The Obama administration’s vision
- Navigating the political backlash
- The politics of damage limitation
- Obama’s welfare and antipoverty policies: an assessment
- Conclusion: The American welfare state in comparative perspective
- References
- Index