Battle for Welfare Rights - Politics and Poverty in Modern America

Informationen zum Autor Felicia Kornbluh Klappentext "The Battle for Welfare Rights" tells, for the first time, the complete story of a movement that profoundly affected the meaning of citizenship and the social contract in the United States. Zusammenfassung The Battle for Welfare Rights tells! for the first time! the complete story of a movement that profoundly affected the meaning of citizenship and the social contract in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Inventing Welfare Rights Citizens of the Affluent Society Legal Civil Disobedience On a Collision Course Give Us Credit for Being American Nixon, Moynihan, and Real Live Welfare Moms End of an Era Conclusion List of Oral History Interviews List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Felicia Kornbluh
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.12.2007
• EAN: 9780812220254
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2025-4
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous