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Illusions of Prosperity: America´s Working Families in an Age of Economic Insecurity
Joel Blau
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Paperback. Faith in the free market has become a basic tenet of public policy debate. But as Joel Blau demonstrates in this eye-opening book, so-called "free market" programmes have been a dismal failure, heightening inequality, lowering the median standard of living, and steadily eroding the quality of our social and political life. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392. Large format paperback. clean copy
Why, in an era of downsized corporation, stagnant wages, and decreasing job security, do Americans continue to embrace free market capitalism? Professor Joel Blau attempts to explain the paradoxical relationship between America's love of unrestrained capitalism and the real effects it has on the daily lives of American workers. Professor Blau argues that a more proactive government -- one that cares for its citizens with social programmes and safety nets -- is needed to compensate for the economic instability bred by unchecked capitalist expansion.
Why, in an era of downsized corporation, stagnant wages, and decreasing job security, do Americans continue to embrace free market capitalism? Professor Joel Blau attempts to explain the paradoxical relationship between America's love of unrestrained capitalism and the real effects it has on the daily lives of American workers. Professor Blau argues that a more proactive government -- one that cares for its citizens with social programmes and safety nets -- is needed to compensate for the economic instability bred by unchecked capitalist expansion.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc New York
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195146066
SKU
KEX0232103
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About Joel Blau
Joel Blau is an Associate Professor, and Director of the Ph.D. Program, at the School of Social Welfare, State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of The Visible Poor: Homelessness in the United States. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Reviews for Illusions of Prosperity: America´s Working Families in an Age of Economic Insecurity
"Joel Blau has written a thoughtful and cogent analysis of the state of American society today, the impact of the market system on working families, and the consequences likely to flow from weakening the safety net further. The 'Next Deal' solutions he proposes - full employment policies, living wages, protection of the right to organize, stepped up infrastructural investments and meaningful social welfare protections - are cornerstones of any economic and political democracy, which lawmakers would do well to keep in mind as they shape policy for the 21st century."
John Sweeney, President, AFL CIO "Blau has compiled a powerful brief against the neo-laissez faire doctrines that have dominated American economic and social welfare policy for three decades."
Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, authors of Breaking the American Social Contract "Clearly written, closely argued, and carefully documented, Illusions of Prosperity is an indispensable guide to public policy in these uncertain times. Blau not only charts how the American government's embrace of laissez-faire ideology has wreaked havoc...he tells us what can be done to undo the damage. Must reading for anyone who cares about what's happening to the average American."
Charles Noble, Professor of Political Science, California State University, Long Beach, and the author of Welfare As We Knew It: A Political History of the American Welfare State "Blau's analysis is rigorous, readable, and prophetic. It should be widely consulted."
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
John Sweeney, President, AFL CIO "Blau has compiled a powerful brief against the neo-laissez faire doctrines that have dominated American economic and social welfare policy for three decades."
Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, authors of Breaking the American Social Contract "Clearly written, closely argued, and carefully documented, Illusions of Prosperity is an indispensable guide to public policy in these uncertain times. Blau not only charts how the American government's embrace of laissez-faire ideology has wreaked havoc...he tells us what can be done to undo the damage. Must reading for anyone who cares about what's happening to the average American."
Charles Noble, Professor of Political Science, California State University, Long Beach, and the author of Welfare As We Knew It: A Political History of the American Welfare State "Blau's analysis is rigorous, readable, and prophetic. It should be widely consulted."
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare