The Great Society and Its Legacy: Twenty Years of U.S. Social PolicyMarshall Kaplan, Peggy L. Cuciti Duke University Press, 1986 - 252 pages 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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Page 68
... political constituencies in the liberal camp — the big . city politicians and professional social workers . The predominantly Democratic political machines in major northern cities saw the community action program as a threat to their ...
... political constituencies in the liberal camp — the big . city politicians and professional social workers . The predominantly Democratic political machines in major northern cities saw the community action program as a threat to their ...
Page 119
... political reality requires simple solutions to problems . Our tendency as academicians and as people teaching public policy is always to think about alternatives that are complicated and have many facets . But that's not what political ...
... political reality requires simple solutions to problems . Our tendency as academicians and as people teaching public policy is always to think about alternatives that are complicated and have many facets . But that's not what political ...
Page 208
... political party strength , fiscal caution , and principled pragmatism that characterized the Johnson era and Johnson the man . These after all still are essential foundations for a viable liberalism , and in an era of “ deficit politics ...
... political party strength , fiscal caution , and principled pragmatism that characterized the Johnson era and Johnson the man . These after all still are essential foundations for a viable liberalism , and in an era of “ deficit politics ...
Contents
Relic or Reality Robert Wood | 17 |
Is New Federalism the Wave of the Future? William Schambra | 24 |
The Macroeconomic Context | 32 |
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