Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. INTRODUCTION Understanding American Social Politics 1
6. I INSTITUTIONAL LIMITS AND PATTERNS OF POLICY
7. Introduction 29
8. 1 The Political Origins of America's Belated Welfare State 37
9. 2 Redefining the New Deal: World War II and the Development of Social Provision in the United States 81
10. 3 Blurring the Boundaries: How the Federal Government Has Influenced Welfare Benefits in the Private Sector 123
11. 4 The Federal Government and Unemployment: The Frustration of Policy Innovation from the New Deal to the Great Society 149
12. II TRANSFORMATIONS WITHIN THE NEW DEAL SYSTEM
13. Introduction 191
14. 5 Agriculture and the Politics of U.S. Social Provision: Social Insurance and Food Stamps 199
15. 6 From Old-Age Assistance to Supplemental Security Income: The Political Economy of Relief in the South, 1935-1972 235
16. 7 Postwar Capitalism and the Extension of Social Security into a Retirement Wage 265
17. III SOCIAL POLICY, RACE, AND THE "POVERTY PROBLEM"
18. Introduction 285
19. 8 The Limits of the New Deal System and the Roots of Contemporary Welfare Dilemmas 293
20. 9 Race and the Liberal Agenda: The Loss of the Integrationist Dream, 1965-1974 313
21. 10 Racial Tensions and Institutional Support: Social Programs during a Period of Retrenchment 357
22. 11 Politics and Policies of the Feminization of Poverty 381
23. 12 Family Structure, Black Unemployment, and American Social Policy 397
24. EPILOGUE The Future of Social Policy in the United States: Political Constraints and Possibilities 421
25. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 447
26. INDEX 451