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The Dual Agenda: Race and Social Welfare Policies of Civil Rights Organizations
Dona Cooper Hamilton
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Description for The Dual Agenda: Race and Social Welfare Policies of Civil Rights Organizations
Hardback. This book chronicles the complex connections between race and class that have marked American social reform since the New Deal, revealing an aspect of the civil rights struggle that that has been too long overlooked or obscured: the struggle for policies to expand social and economic welfare for blacks and whites alike. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 335 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM; JKSB; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
What is the role of race in social policy? Have race-based programmes failed? Should welfare and civil rights be blind to colour? In this landmark book, two leading scholars challenge critics like William Julius Wilson and Theda Skocpol who seek to replace a "race-specific" agenda for African-Americans with class-neutral programmes. Dona Cooper Hamilton and Charles V. Hamilton transform our understanding of the history of civil rights. From the New Deal to the 1990s, they demonstrate the many ways in which the civil rights movement fought not only to end racial segregation and discrimination but also to support social and economic ... Read more
What is the role of race in social policy? Have race-based programmes failed? Should welfare and civil rights be blind to colour? In this landmark book, two leading scholars challenge critics like William Julius Wilson and Theda Skocpol who seek to replace a "race-specific" agenda for African-Americans with class-neutral programmes. Dona Cooper Hamilton and Charles V. Hamilton transform our understanding of the history of civil rights. From the New Deal to the 1990s, they demonstrate the many ways in which the civil rights movement fought not only to end racial segregation and discrimination but also to support social and economic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Series
Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231103640
SKU
V9780231103640
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About Dona Cooper Hamilton
Dona Cooper Hamilton is associate professor of social work at Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York. Charles V. Hamilton is Wallace Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University.
Reviews for The Dual Agenda: Race and Social Welfare Policies of Civil Rights Organizations
The Hamiltons'lucid study of the history of policy making in social welfare, from the New Deal to the present, is written from a black perspective and is meticulously researched and documented. Black civil rights organizations, seeking a universal social welfare system, jobs in the regular work force, and national hegemony over government programs, worked for policies that comprised a dual ... Read more