The Price of Citizenship by Michael B Katz
This updated edition of Michael B. Katz's seminal work, The Price of Citizenship, traces the evolution of the welfare state from colonial relief programs through the war on poverty and into our own age. It argues that in the last decades America has been propelled toward a future of increased inequality and decreased security.
"Arguably the leading historian of American social welfare, Katz has written a defining history of post-Nixon transformations of America's welfare state. . . This is a masterpiece of contemporary history." * Publishers Weekly *
"The Price of Citizenship is a rich chronicle of the hostile climate facing U.S. social policy. It is a timely reminder that, for all the current talk of 'privatization,' the United States already relies heavily on private social welfare benefits. It is certain to be a valuable resource for social scientists and historians, who usually have to wait decades for a history of this quality to be written." * Jacob S. Hacker, Journal of Social History *
"The Price of Citizenship is a rich chronicle of the hostile climate facing U.S. social policy. It is a timely reminder that, for all the current talk of 'privatization,' the United States already relies heavily on private social welfare benefits. It is certain to be a valuable resource for social scientists and historians, who usually have to wait decades for a history of this quality to be written." * Jacob S. Hacker, Journal of Social History *
Michael B. Katz is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and a Research Associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including One Nation Divisible: What America Was and What It Is Becoming (with Mark J. Stern) and In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812220186 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812220188 |
| Title | The Price of Citizenship |
| Author | Michael B Katz |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Year published | 2008-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
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