Caring for our own why there is no political demand for new American social welfare rights /
'Caring for Our Own' inverts an enduring question of social welfare politics. Rather than ask why the American state has not responded to unmet social welfare needs by expanding social entitlements, this book asks: Why don't American families view unmet social welfare needs as the bas...
| Main Author: | Levitsky, Sandra R., |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
|
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
'Caring for Our Own' inverts an enduring question of social welfare politics. Rather than ask why the American state has not responded to unmet social welfare needs by expanding social entitlements, this book asks: Why don't American families view unmet social welfare needs as the basis for demands for new state entitlements? The answer, Sandra Levitsky argues, lies in a better understanding of how individuals imagine solutions to the social welfare problems they confront and what prevents new understandings of social welfare provision from developing into political demand for alternative social arrangements. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 'Caring for Our Own' inverts an enduring question of social welfare politics. Rather than ask why the American state has not responded to unmet social welfare needs by expanding social entitlements, this book asks: Why don't American families view unmet social welfare needs as the basis for demands for new state entitlements? The answer, Sandra Levitsky argues, lies in a better understanding of how individuals imagine solutions to the social welfare problems they confront and what prevents new understandings of social welfare provision from developing into political demand for alternative social arrangements. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199378906 |