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Solutions to Social Problems From the Top Down The Role of Government

by: Eitzen, D. Stanley; Sage, George H.

Solutions to Social Problems From the Top Down The Role of Government

by: Eitzen, D. Stanley; Sage, George H.

ISBN 13:
9780205468850
ISBN 10:
0205468853
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/17/2006
Publisher: Pearson

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This text/reader focuses on laws and government solutions ("top-down" solutions) in the U.S that have been effective in solving problems. The readings explore specific examples of progressive legislation and social policies, and also examines historical trends and future prospects.

Preface

vii

Time Line of Progressive Social Policies

Part One The Government and Reform

Section 1 Progressive Policies: A Persistent Force for the Common Good in the United States

(33)

1. The Real World of Liberalism,

David Spitz

(8)

2. What Unites Progressives,

George Lakoff

(4)

3. What Was Really Great about the Great Society?,

Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

(8)

4. The Price of a Free Society,

Paul Starr

(3)

Part Two Progressive Social Policies

(154)

Section 2 Social Welfare: The Safety Net

(32)

5. The Faces of Social Security,

Heather Gain and Lisa Bennett

(3)

6. Social Security, the Nation's Most Effective Safety Net Program,

Fiscal Policy Institute

(4)

7. Faces of Medicaid,

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

(6)

8. Bigger and Better,

Jacob S. Hacker

(4)

Section 3 Income and Wealth Redistribution

(22)

9. The Death of Horatio Alger,

Paul Krugman

(3)

10. Tax the Plutocrats!,

Gar Alperovitz

(5)

11. The Consequences of Concentrated Wealth,

William H. Gates, Sr. and Chuck Collins

(7)

Section 4 Overcoming Institutional Racism, Sexism, and Ableism

(21)

12. Testimony before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention, August 22, 1964,

Fannie Lou Hamer

100

(3)

13. Roe v. Wade,

British Broadcasting Company

103

(2)

14. Federal Programs to Ameliorate the Consequences of Disability,

Vicki A. Freedman, Linda G. Martin, and Robert F. Schoeni

105

(6)

Section 5 American Education: The Struggle for Progressive Policies

111

(33)

15. Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education,

Claybome Carson

126

(6)

16. The Astonishing Story: Veterans Make Good on the Nation's Promise,

Keith W. Olson

132

(8)

17. Head Start/Early Head Start Program,

City of Chattanooga Human Services Department

140

(4)

Section 6 Public Spaces: Their Use for the Common Good

144

(27)

18. The Most Democratic Space in America,

Roy Rosenzeig and Elizabeth Blackmar

154

(5)

19. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 1933-1941,

U-S-History.Com

159

(4)

20. A Salute to the Civilian Conservation Corps at White Rock Lake Park,

Steven R. Butler

163

(6)

21. TVA's Arrival Turned Valley Around,

Howard Miller

169

(2)

Section 7 Environmental Protections

171

(18)

22. Learning from Love Canal: A Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective,

Lois Marie Gibbs

179

(4)

23. Superfund Update,

Sierra Club

183

(3)

24. The Power to Change the World: Hydrogen,

Jeremy Rifkin

186

(3)

Part Three Historical Trends and Future Prospects

189

Section 8 The Ascent of Conservatism and the Conservative Agenda

190

(27)

25. The Breaking of the American Social Compact,

Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward

196

(10)

26. Why Don't They Listen to Us? Speaking to the Working Class,

Lillian B. Rubin

206

(9)

27. The Era of Exploitation,

Bob Herbert

215

(2)

Section 9 The Role of Government in Achieving the Good Society

217

28. Imagine a Country: Life in the New Millennium,

Holly Sklar

227

(9)

29. A National Policy Vision for Children Achievable by 2010,

Children's Defense Fund

236

(1)

30. A Progressive Plan, D.

Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn

237

(3)

31. Whose Money Is It? A Meditation on April 15th,

John Shelby Spong

240

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Solutions to Social Problems From the Top Down The Role of Government

Solutions to Social Problems From the Top Down The Role of Government

9780205468850

0205468853

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