The Missing Middle - Working Families and the Future of American Social Policy

In the opening pages of this powerful examination of American politics, Theda Skocpol reveals a curious pattern: Our politicians argue over programs for the very poor or tax cuts for the very rich, and they worry over the precarious security of our longer-living grandparents and the educational neglect and corresponding bleak future of our children. But, with the spotlight on the youngest, the oldest, the richest, and the poorest, rarely do we find policies concerned with average working men and women of modest means, those the author terms the "missing middle."
Skocpol draws us into the history of this disturbing trend and reveals the repercussions of the increasingly simplistic and moralistic stands being taken by our politicians. Taking lessons from the root causes of this shift, she presents a compelling case for family-oriented populism and identifies the bold reforms needed to revitalize American democracy.

Info autore

Theda Skocpol is professor of government and sociology at Harvard University and the author of Boomerang: Health Care Reform and the Turn Against Government.

Riassunto

An eye-opening look at how America’s social policy has been hijacked by a rhetoric of extremes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Theda Skocpol, Theda (Harvard University) Skocpol, Skocpol Theda
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.03.2001
• EAN: 9780393321135
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32113-5
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 211 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 286 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Sociology: work & labour, Central / national / federal government policies, Sociology: work and labour, Central government policies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems