Social Policy and the Conservative Agenda [Paperback]

A comprehensive collection of original essays by leading experts on social and econmic policy including Frances Fox Piven, Harvey Molotch, Jill Quadagno, James Petras, and Judith Stacey. This volume challenges the conservative notion that the fundamental problem plaguing America is dependancy on government and further cuts only lead to a cycle of recision.

• Newly published articles by the leading experts in social and economic policy
• Explores conservative social policy of the late twentieth century
• Contains articles on welfare reform, health care, military spending and economic policy

Introduction: What Went Right?.

Why the Clinton Administration Did Not Alter The Conservative Trajectory in Federal Policy: Michael Schwartz (SUNY-Stony Brook).

Part I: Welfare, Social Security, and the State of Austerity:.

1. Welfare and the Transformation of American Politics: Frances Fox Piven (CUNY-Graduate Center).

2. The Democratic Party and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Ron Walters (University of Maryland).

3. Urban America: Crushed in the Growth Machine: Harvey Molotch (University of California, Santa Barbara).

4. Rhetoric, Recision, and Reaction: The Development of Homelessness Policy: Cynthia Bogard (Hofstra), and J. Jeff McConnell (SUNY-Stony Brook).

5. Social Security Policy and the Entitlement Debate: The New American Exceptionalism: Jill Quadagno (Florida State University).

Part II: Welfare-Warfare Spending, Technology, and the Global Economy:.

6. Wealth and Poverty in the National Economy: The Domestic Foundations of Clinton's Global Policy: Morris Morley (Macquarie University) and James Petras (SUNY - Binghampton).

7. America's Military Industrial Make-Over: Ann MarkuslÃU