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The Assault on Social Policy

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Description for The Assault on Social Policy Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Based on incisive analyses of economic globalization, class, politics, and bureaucracy, The Assault on Social Policy examines the ordinary speech used to make poverty and extreme inequality seem acceptable, the corporate strategies co-opting the distribution of wealth and other resources, and the negative effect of these efforts on our more vulnerable citizens, such as those with disabilities, incarcerated individuals, children, and the elderly. This second edition incorporates new research on the hotly contested policies dealing with poverty, welfare, disability, social security, and health care. It also takes stock of the ongoing effects of globalization and adds a chapter on education. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231160063
SKU
V9780231160063
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About William Roth
William Roth is a Vincent O'Leary Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York at Albany, where he established and directed the Center for Computing and Disability. He has published a memoir, Movement: A Memoir of Disability, Cancer, and the Holocaust, among other books. Susan J. Peters is associate professor emeritus at Michigan State University. Among her publications, ... Read more

Reviews for The Assault on Social Policy
The Assault on Social Policy depicts how the welfare state has succumbed to the private sector and is being increasingly dismantled by capitalism and return-on-investment principles. When such issues of poverty, health, disabilities, school failure, and immigration are juxtaposed against this backdrop, penetrating analyses of root causes emerge.
Katharine Briar-Lawson, dean, School of Social Welfare, State University of New ... Read more

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