The Transformation of Old Age Security
Class and Politics in the American Welfare State
Will be published approx. on 18. February 1988
Book
Hardback
268 pages
978-0-226-69923-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 of old age assistance in the United States. Grounded in historical research and informed by social science theory, the study reveals how public assistance grew from colonial-era poor laws, locally financed and administered, into a massive federal bureaucracy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-69923-3 (9780226699233)
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Person
Jill Quadagno holds the Mildred and Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar's chair in Social Gerontology at Florida State University. She is the editor of Aging, the Individual, and Society and Social Bonds in Later Life and the author of Aging in Early Industrial Society and The Family in Various Cultures.