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The Welfare State Nobody Knows

Debunking Myths about U.S. Social Policy

Christopher Howard

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Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Politikwissenschaft

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The Welfare State Nobody Knows challenges a number of myths and half-truths about U.S. social policy. The American welfare state is supposed to be a pale imitation of "true" welfare states in Europe and Canada. Christopher Howard argues that the American welfare state is in fact larger, more popular, and more dynamic than commonly believed. Nevertheless, poverty and inequality remain high, and this book helps explain why so much effort accomplishes so little. One important reason is that the United States is adept at creating social programs that benefit the middle and upper-middle classes, but less successful in creating programs for those who need the most help.


This book is unusually broad in scope, analyzing the politics of social programs that are well known (such as Social Security and welfare) and less well known but still important (such as workers' compensation, home mortgage interest deduction, and the Americans with Disabilities Act). Although it emphasizes developments in recent decades, the book ranges across the entire twentieth century to identify patterns of policymaking. Methodologically, it weaves together quantitative and qualitative approaches in order to answer fundamental questions about the politics of U.S. social policy. Ambitious and timely, The Welfare State Nobody Knows asks us to rethink the influence of political parties, interest groups, public opinion, federalism, policy design, and race on the American welfare state.

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Bureaucracy, Medicaid, Federal Housing Administration, Welfare, Poverty, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Public Works Administration, Exit poll, Homelessness, Income in the United States, New Democrats, Racism, Workers' compensation, Dissident, Disability benefits, Recession, War pension, Fraud, Tax, FHA insured loan, Insurance, Expense, Social insurance, Divided government, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Veto, Hidden welfare state, Pension, State formation, Scarcity, Income, War on Poverty, Disability insurance, Home mortgage interest deduction, Social Security Disability Insurance, Regressive tax, Social Security Act, Employment, Down payment, Unemployment, Housing voucher, Bankruptcy, AARP, Small business, Single parent, Tax expenditure, Welfare reform, Small government, National Taxpayers Union, Watergate scandal, Ralph Nader, Limited government, Economic inequality, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Unemployment benefits, Family income, Poverty in the United States, Welfare state, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Slavery, Personal exemption (United States), Earned income tax credit, Conflict of interest, Welfare dependency, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Jacob Hacker, Inflation, Phase Out, Leave of absence, To the Contrary