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Social Security and the Politics of Deservingness
Susanne N. Beechey
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Description for Social Security and the Politics of Deservingness
Hardback. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
This book seeks to understand the politics of deservingness for future Social Security reforms through an interpretive policy analysis of the 2005 Social Security privatization debates. What does it mean for politics and policymaking that Social Security recipients are widely viewed as deserving of the benefits they receive? In the 2005 privatization debates, Congress framed Social Security in exclusively positive terms, often in opposition to welfare, and imagined their own beloved family members as recipients. Advocates for private accounts sought to navigate the politics of deservingness by dividing the we of social insurance to a ... Read more
This book seeks to understand the politics of deservingness for future Social Security reforms through an interpretive policy analysis of the 2005 Social Security privatization debates. What does it mean for politics and policymaking that Social Security recipients are widely viewed as deserving of the benefits they receive? In the 2005 privatization debates, Congress framed Social Security in exclusively positive terms, often in opposition to welfare, and imagined their own beloved family members as recipients. Advocates for private accounts sought to navigate the politics of deservingness by dividing the we of social insurance to a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
122
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349918898
SKU
V9781349918898
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About Susanne N. Beechey
Susanne N. Beechey is Assistant Professor of Politics, Whitman College, USA.
Reviews for Social Security and the Politics of Deservingness
This book provides an insightful analysis of the ways in which social security policy is framed. Careful analysis and discussion of the debates in Congress reveal a clear pattern of race and gender. ... The perceptive use of data from the Congressional debates sheds a revealing light on how hidden assumptions frame debates on this key area of social security. ... Read more