The Workfare State: Public Assistance Politics from the New Deal to the New Democrats

by Eva Bertram

Book Overview

In the Great Recession of 2007-2009, the United States suffered the most sustained and extensive wave of job destruction since the Great Depression. When families in need sought help from the safety net, however, they found themselves trapped in a system that increasingly tied public assistance to private employment. In The Workfare State, Eva Bertram recounts the compelling history of the evolving social contract from the New Deal to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224442
• ISBN13: 9780812224443
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.7"