The welfare state nobody knows : debunking myths about U.S. social policy /

Main Author: Howard, Christopher, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.
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245 1 4 |a The welfare state nobody knows :  |b debunking myths about U.S. social policy /  |c Christopher Howard. 
260 1 4 |a Princeton, N.J. :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c c2007. 
300 1 4 |a xiv, 259 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-254) and index. 
505 1 4 |a She's so unusual -- Tracks of my tiers -- Twice in a lifetime -- Ogres, onions, and layers (or, how Republicans built the American welfare state) -- Programs for the poor are not always poor programs -- Shaq is still pretty tall : public support for the American welfare state -- The world according to AARP -- The American states: laboratories of Democracy or cryogenic chambers? -- Race still matters -- Change versus progress. 
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651 1 4 |a United States  |x Social policy 
651 1 4 |a United States  |x Social conditions 
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