Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in United States
By Theda Skocpol.
Beschrijving
It is a commonplace that the United States lagged behind the countries of Western Europe in developing modern social policies. But, as Theda Skocpol shows in this startlingly new historical analysis, the United States actually pioneered generous social spending for many of its elderly, disabled, and dependent citizens. During the late nineteenth century, competitive party politics in American democracy led to the rapid expansion of benefits for Union Civil War veterans and their families.Some Americans hoped to expand veterans' benefits into pensions for all of the needy elderly and so...
ISBN(s)
067471766X, 9780674717664
