Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy

by Edwin Amenta

Book Overview

According to conventional wisdom, American social policy has always been exceptional--exceptionally stingy and backwards. But Edwin Amenta reminds us here that sixty years ago the United States led... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691017123
• ISBN13: 9780691017129
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"