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The Politics Of Social Welfare |
Alex Waddan, Lecturer in American Politics and American Foreign Policy, University of Leicester, UK
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| 1997 |
224 pp |
Hardback |
978 1 85898 366 0 |
£68.00 |
on-line discount
£61.20 |
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‘A particularly insightful analysis of the dynamic in the interplay between American social values and social forces is provided by Alex Waddan.’
– Aliki Coudroglou, Readings
‘This should be a valuable source both for students of comparative social policy and for students of American politics.’
– Michael Hill, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
‘The grip of conservative ideas on the political agendas, and of conservative politicians on political institutions has been a feature of the latter part of the twentieth century in the USA, the UK and other western countries. . . . Waddan traces the victory of the new fight in divorcing benefits policy from concepts of social justice, and identifies the existence and heritage of a liberal idea in the American polity. He sets the stage for the policy battles at the turn of the century, quite correctly posing the question in the last section of this fine book, whether there is “anywhere left to go?”’
– Philip Davies, De Montfort University, UK
The development of the welfare state has been a central concern across the political spectrum since the breakdown of the Keynesian economic model in the 1970s. The Politics of Social Welfare examines how the apparent consensus on social welfare issues was undermined at both practical and theoretical levels.
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Contents: Part I: The Crisis of the Welfare State 1. Introduction: The Crisis of the Welfare State and the Dilemma of Liberal Politics in Western Democracies 2. The Attack on the Welfare State Consensus Part II: The American Welfare State: From ‘War on Poverty’ to ‘Reagan Revolution’ 3. The Mixed Story of the War on Poverty 4. The Political Failure of Income Redistribution 5. The Rise of the New Right Social Welfare Agenda 6. The New Politics of Social Policy Part III: Anywhere Left to Go? 7. Continuing Dilemmas 8. Conclusion: Poverty as Dependency, the Changing Politics of Social Welfare Bibliography Index
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