Welfare, Democracy and the New Deal

by William R. Brock

Book Overview

Although Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal is remembered for bringing aid and assistance to millions of unemployed and indigent Americans, surprisingly little has been written about federal relief for unemployment. The great experiment of the Federal Emergency Relief Act challenged directly the deep-seated conviction that the relief of poverty was a local responsibility, and in so doing highlighted the deficiencies of local self-government. At every stage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521521165
• ISBN13: 9780521521161
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"