Assault on Social Policy

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

Av William Roth, State University of New York - Albany) Roth, William (Vincent O'Leary Professor of Social Welfare

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American social policy today largely serves global corporate interests rather than the general public, according to William Roth. Based on incisive analyses of economic globalization, class, politics, and bureaucracy, The Assault on Social Policy argues that the perfection of the free market is a myth. Roth analyzes the rhetoric used to make poverty seem acceptable, shows how corporations affect the distribution of wealth and other resources, and considers the effect on disabled people, criminals, children, and health care. He concludes that increased transnational corporate power has created the need for large-scale systematic public policy changes.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-01-30
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagColumbia University Press
ISBN9780231123815

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The author is clearly worthy of praise for writing a book suggesting an alternative to the current corporate-based model of capitalism... Any reader committed to the traditional liberal position and wanting to know more about social policies will learn a great deal about the philosophical foundation of social policy in the United States. -- Larry Nackerud Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Roth has written an impressive book that should be read by every member of Congress, by all students of social policy, and everyone else who is concerned about the future of this country and our basic institutions. -- Congressman Bernard Sanders (Ind-Vt.) This volume does a truly masterful job with a remarkable range of topics. It also widens the spectrum of dialogue about these issues to permit the discussion of perspectives that are usually neglected or ignored in most books on public policy. In this era when many people seem to have almost given up on the possibility of achieving fundamental social, economic, and political change, I believe that this book will be greeted as an inspiring source of hope. -- Harlan Hahn, University of Southern California