The Transformation of Old Age Security: Class and Politics in the American Welfare State

by Jill Quadagno

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Why did the United States lag behind Germany, Britain, and Sweden in adopting a national plan for the elderly? When the Social Security Act was finally enacted in 1935, why did it depend on a class-based double standard? Why is old age welfare in the United States still less comprehensive than its European counterparts? In this sophisticated analytical chronicle of one hundred years of American welfare history, Jill Quadagno explores the curious birth...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226699234

ISBN13:9780226699233

Release Date:February 1988

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:268 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Economics Insurance Political Science Politics & Government Public Policy Social Security Textbooks

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