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Politics and Jobs : The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States / Margaret Weir.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (262 p.) : 6 line illus., 11 tablesContent type:
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  • 9780691227856
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- POLITICS AND JOBS -- One. Innovation and Boundaries in American Policymaking -- Two. Creating an American Keynesianism -- Three. Race and the Politics of Poverty -- Four. Public Employment and the Politics of "Corruption" -- Five. The Political Collapse of Full Employment -- Six. Policy Boundaries and Political Possibilities -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- POLITICS AND JOBS -- One. Innovation and Boundaries in American Policymaking -- Two. Creating an American Keynesianism -- Three. Race and the Politics of Poverty -- Four. Public Employment and the Politics of "Corruption" -- Five. The Political Collapse of Full Employment -- Six. Policy Boundaries and Political Possibilities -- Notes -- Index

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Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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