Turning Points in Social Security: From 'Cruel Hoax' to 'Sacred Entitlement'

by Sheryl Tynes

This work is a theoretically informed political history of the development of the U.S. Social Security system over more than five decades. When initiated in 1935, Social Security was a noteworthy experiment in social policy, and its endurance, inviolability, and taken-for-granted nature are evidence of its success. In this volume, the author analyzes key turning points in its history in order to provide an understanding of the various forces that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804725799
• ISBN13: 9780804725798
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"