Race, Class, and Social Welfare - American Populism Since the New Deal

List of contents

1. American Politics and Social Welfare; 2. Politics at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Oligarchy; 3. Civil Rights, Social Welfare, and Populism; 4. Civil Rights and Populism: The 1957 Civil Rights Act in the US Senate (With Jack Reilly); 5. Race, Class, and the End of the New Deal in the US Senate (With Fan Lu); 6. Transforming the twentieth-Century House; 7. Turning Populism Upside Down; 8. Dueling Populists and the Political Ecology of 2016; 9. Conclusion: The Dangers of Upside Down Populism.

About the author

Erik J. Engstrom is Professor of Political Science, University of California, Davis. He is the author of Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy (2013) and co-author of Party Ballots, Reform, and the Transformation of America's Electoral System (2014). The latter was the co-winner of the 2015 J. David Greenstone Prize for best book in Politics and History from the American Political Science Association.Robert Huckfeldt is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis. He is the author or co-author of a series of journal articles and books, including most recently Experts, Activists, and Interdependent Citizens with T.K. Ahn and John Barry Ryan. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014.

Summary

What factors have made it so difficult to enact and sustain comprehensive social welfare policy in the United States? Engstrom and Huckfeldt argue that racial animosity has disrupted the potential for a unified, progressive populist movement. This book will interest scholars and students of political science, sociology, and history.

Product details

• Authors: Erik J Engstrom, Erik J. Engstrom, Erik J. (University of California Engstrom, Engstrom Erik J., Robert Huckfeldt, Huckfeldt Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781108836920
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83692-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas