Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.
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Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? This title highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.
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List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1Innovations and Boundaries in American Policymaking32Creating an American Keynesianism273Race and Politics of Poverty624Public Employment and the Politics of "Corruption"995The Political Collapse of Full Employment1306Policy Boundaries and Political Possibilities163Notes181Index231
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"Politics and Jobs establishes a new landmark in the study of economic and social policies in the United States. Weir's insightful and analytically powerful book will be widely read and cited for years."—William Julius Wilson, University of Chicago
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"Politics and Jobs establishes a new landmark in the study of economic and social policies in the United States. Weir's insightful and analytically powerful book will be widely read and cited for years."—William Julius Wilson, University of Chicago
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Politics and Jobs establishes a new landmark in the study of economic and social policies in the United States. Weir's insightful and analytically powerful book will be widely read and cited for years. -- William Julius Wilson, University of Chicago
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780691024929
Publisert
1993-02-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Princeton University Press
Vekt
369 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
262

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Biographical note

Margaret Weir is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. With Ira Katznelson, she is the coauthor of Schooling for All: Class, Race and the Decline of the Democratic Ideal (Basic Books/University of California).