Building an Opportunity Society - A Realistic Alternative to an Entitlement State

Informationen zum Autor Lewis D. Solomon Klappentext Twenty-first-century US policymakers face a great challenge: How can federal government help more people achieve the American dream? Specifically, how can we provide greater opportunities for less-prosperous individuals, enabling them to succeed through hard work, on their merits, and take increased responsibility for their lives?Lewis D Zusammenfassung Twenty-first-century US policymakers face a great challenge: How can federal government help more people achieve the American dream? Specifically, how can we provide greater opportunities for less-prosperous individuals, enabling them to succeed through hard work, on their merits, and take increased responsibility for their lives?Lewis D Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I Socioeconomic and Cultural Background and Context 1 Economic Immobility and Income and Wealth Inequalities: Realities and Causal Factors 2 Poverty, Joblessness, and Male Disengagement from the Labor Force: Realities and Causal Factors 3 Family Structure Trends and Child Well-Being II Transitioning to an Opportunity Society: Restructuring Three Pillars of the Entitlement State 4 Welfare Reform: Its Impact, Remedial Efforts, and Restructuring Alternatives 5 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Its Impact and Restructuring Alternatives 6 Social Security Disability Insurance Program and Restructuring Alternatives III Transitioning to an Opportunity Society:A Lifecycle Approach 7 Federal Preventive and Remedial Policies and Programs to Encourage Healthy Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood 8 Federal Preventive and Remedial Policies and Programs: From Children's Birth through Pre-K 9 K–12 Education and Beyond: Preventive and Remedial Policies and Programs Conclusion Index

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• Authors: Lewis D. Solomon
• Assisted by: Lewis D. Solomon (Editor), Solomon Lewis D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2014
• EAN: 9781412854702
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-5470-2
• No. of pages: 169
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Poverty & unemployment, Political structure & processes, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Political structure and processes, Poverty and precarity