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

Skocpol, Theda

 
9780393321135: The Missing Middle:: Working Families and the Future of American Social Policy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0393321134 ISBN 13 : 9780393321135
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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

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Éditeur
W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393321134
ISBN 13 
9780393321135
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
222
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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