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The Transformation of Old Age Security: Class and Politics in the American Welfare State - Couverture rigide

Quadagno, Jill

 
9780226699233: The Transformation of Old Age Security: Class and Politics in the American Welfare State
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0226699234 ISBN 13 : 9780226699233
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1988

Synopsis

Why did the United States lag behind Germany, Britain, and Sweden in adopting a national plan for the elderly? When the Social Security Act was finally enacted in 1935, why did it depend on a class-based double standard? Why is old age welfare in the United States still less comprehensive than its European counterparts? In this sophisticated analytical chronicle of one hundred years of American welfare history, Jill Quadagno explores the curious birth of old age assistance in the United States. Grounded in historical research and informed by social science theory, the study reveals how public assistance grew from colonial-era poor laws, locally financed and administered, into a massive federal bureaucracy.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jill Quadagno holds the Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar's chair in Social Gerontology at Florida State University. She is the editor of Aging, the Individual, and Society and Social Bonds in Later Life and the author of Aging in Early Industrial Society and The Family in Various Cultures.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
1988
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226699234
ISBN 13 
9780226699233
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
268
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