Great Society and Its Legacy

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Twenty Years of U.S. Social Policy

Inbunden, Engelska, 1986

Av Marshall Kaplan, Peggy Cuciti

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A uniquely balanced look at the Great Society and its aftermath, this work describes and evaluates America's key social policy initiatives from Presidents Johnson to Reagan.

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Utgivningsdatum1986-06-03
Vikt635 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor277
FörlagDuke University Press
ISBN9780822305897

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Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 1Book One. Background 1. Themes and Premises The Great Society in 1984: Relic or Reality? / Robert Wood 17Is New Federalism the Wave of the Future? / William Schamabra 242. The Macroeconomic Context The Evolution of Economic Policy / Barry Bosworth 32Tax Reform from 1964 to 1984-A Brief Retrospective / Joseph Pechman 42Book Two. Problems, Policies, Programs, and Evaluation 1. The Discovery of Poverty Poverty in the United States / Paul Ylvisaker 51War on Poverty: Assumptions, History, and Results / Bernard Gifford 602. The Programmatic Legacy Did the Great Society and Subsequent Initiatives Work? / Sar Levitan and Clifford Johnson 73Creating Jobs for Americans: From MDTA to Industrial Policy / Peter Edelman 91Six Welfare Questions Still Searching for Answers / Henry Aaron 105Random Reflections on the Great Society's Politics and Health Care Programs After Twenty Years / Wilbur Cohen 1133. Restructuring the Urban Environment Revitalizing the Cities: From Great Expectations to a New Realism / Marshall Kaplan 121Downtown Shopping Malls and the New Public-Private Strategy / Bernard Frieden and Lynne Sagalyn 1304. Use and Misuse of Information Observations on the Role of the Media in Covering the War on Poverty / Ian Menzies 148The Role of the Media in Shaping Public Policy: The Myth of Power and the Power of Myth / Charles Green 152Social Science and the Great Society / Richard Nathan 1635. The Impact on the Structure of Governance Fiscal Federalism in the 1980s: Dismantling or Rationalizing the Great Society / Robert Reischauer 179The Nature and Systemic Impact of "Creative Federalism" / David Walker 197The Great Society and the Growth of "Juridicial Federalism"-Protecting Civil Rights and Welfare / David Rosenbloom 208Conclusion-Great Society, Past, Present, and Possible Future 216Notes 229Index 247Contributors 253