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Author : Edwin Amenta
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691124735
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (247 download)
Download or read book When Movements Matter written by Edwin Amenta and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Abraham Holtzman
Publisher : Octagon Press, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Townsend Movement written by Abraham Holtzman and published by Octagon Press, Limited. This book was released on 1975 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edwin Amenta
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691221219
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book When Movements Matter written by Edwin Amenta and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Movements Matter accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. The book tells the overlooked story of the Townsend Plan--a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty and end the Great Depression through a government-provided retirement stipend of $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty. Both the Townsend Plan, which organized two million older Americans into Townsend clubs, and the wider pension movement failed to win the generous and universal senior citizens' pensions their advocates demanded. But the movement provided the political impetus behind old-age policy in its formative years and pushed America down the track of creating an old-age welfare state. Drawing on a wealth of primary evidence, historical detail, and arresting images, Edwin Amenta traces the ups and downs of the Townsend Plan and its elderly leader Dr. Francis E. Townsend in the struggle to remake old age. In the process, Amenta advances a new theory of when social movements are influential. The book challenges the conventional wisdom that U.S. old-age policy was a result mainly of the Depression or farsighted bureaucrats. It also debunks the current view that America immediately embraced Social Security when it was adopted in 1935. And it sheds new light on how social movements that fail to achieve their primary goals can still influence social policy and the way people relate to politics.
Author : Theda Skocpol
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691214026
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Social Policy in the United States written by Theda Skocpol and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health care, welfare, Social Security, employment programs--all are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the United States. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Theda Skocpol shows how historical understanding, centered on governmental institutions and political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking both past and present. Skocpol dispels the myth that Americans are inherently hostile to social spending and suggests why President Clinton's health care agenda was so quickly attacked despite the support of most Americans for his goals.
Author : Lorenzo Bosi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107116805
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Consequences of Social Movements written by Lorenzo Bosi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new study of the personal, political, and institutional impacts of social movements.
Author : Stanford M. Lyman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349237477
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Download or read book Social Movements written by Stanford M. Lyman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to bring together classical, recent and contemporary analyses of the social movement phenomenon. Analysis is represented in several variants of its discursive form: the expository essay, the critique, the general theory, the specific case study and the futuristic meditation.
Author : Townsend Middleton
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804795425
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (954 download)
Download or read book The Demands of Recognition written by Townsend Middleton and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the British colonial period anthropology has been central to policy in India. But today, while the Indian state continues to use ethnography to govern, those who were the "objects" of study are harnessing disciplinary knowledge to redefine their communities, achieve greater prosperity, and secure political rights. In this groundbreaking study, Townsend Middleton tracks these newfound "lives" of anthropology. Offering simultaneous ethnographies of the people of Darjeeling's quest for "tribal" status and the government anthropologists handling their claims, Middleton exposes how minorities are—and are not—recognized for affirmative action and autonomy. We encounter communities putting on elaborate spectacles of sacrifice, exorcism, bows and arrows, and blood drinking to prove their "primitiveness" and "backwardness." Conversely, we see government anthropologists struggle for the ethnographic truth as communities increasingly turn academic paradigms back upon the state. The Demands of Recognition offers a compelling look at the escalating politics of tribal recognition in India. At once ethnographic and historical, it chronicles how multicultural governance has motivated the people of Darjeeling to ethnologically redefine themselves—from Gorkha to tribal and back. But as these communities now know, not all forms of difference are legible in the eyes of the state. The Gorkhas' search for recognition has only amplified these communities' anxieties about who they are—and who they must be—if they are to attain the rights, autonomy, and belonging they desire.
Author : Joseph R. Gusfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351500287
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Performing Action written by Joseph R. Gusfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the social sciences and the humanities have drawn closer to each other in thought and method. This rapprochement has led to new perceptions of human behavior by sociologists, as well as new methodological orientations. Sociologist Joseph R. Gusfield draws upon drama and fiction to show how human action is shaped by the formal dimensions of performance. Gusfield first defines the concept of behavior as artistic performance. He then analyzes routine and classic social research reports as literary performances in qualitative and quantitative terms. Next he moves to social movements and public actions, demonstrating how objects and events are products of the interpretation and reflection of individuals. He draws upon literary and artistic conventions to deal with issues of representation and meaning. In the first and last chapters, Gusfield provides a conceptual summary examining the relation between sociology as science and art, arguing that sociological methods are neither science nor art, but partake of both. Following the philosopher Paul Ricouer, Gusfield shows how human behavior can be read as a text, always telling the participant or observer "something about something." Performing Action will be of interest to sociologists, psychologists, and students of aesthetics and critical theory.
Author : David R. Mayhew
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300102888
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Divided We Govern written by David R. Mayhew and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this prize-winning book, a renowned political scientist debunks the commonly held myth that the American national government functions effectively only when one political party controls the presidency and Congress. For this new edition, David R. Mayhew has provided a new Preface, a new appendix, and a new concluding chapter that brings the historical narrative up to date. "Important, accessible, and compelling, David Mayhew’s second edition of Divided We Govern takes the best book on the history of US lawmaking and--against all odds--makes it better.”--Keith Krehbiel, Stanford University "In this welcome updating of his agenda-setting classic, David Mayhew cogently defends his original methodology and finds that divided government remains no less productive of important legislation than unified government, although it is now (thanks mainly to Clinton’s impeachment) strongly associated with prominent investigations of the executive branch. Written with Mayhew’s usual clarity and grace, this is a book to be enjoyed by beginning and veteran students of Congress alike.”--Gary Jacobson From reviews of the first edition: "First-rate. . . . Mayhew’s tabulations and analysis are, quite simply, unimpeachable."--Morris Fiorina, Washington Monthly "Will stand for years as a classic."--L. Sandy Maisel, Political Science Quarterly "Should be read by every student of American politics."--Gillian Peele, Times Higher Education Supplement
Author : David S. Meyer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 145290720X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Routing The Opposition written by David S. Meyer and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the crucial nexus of policy makers and social movements for the first time.
Author : James MacGregor Burns
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802141187
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Transforming Leadership written by James MacGregor Burns and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning historian critically examines the role of leadership in the twenty-first century, outlining a program through which leaders can become agents of positive social change.
Author : Anthony J. Badger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349188484
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)
Download or read book The New Deal written by Anthony J. Badger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1987-10-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tackling America's worst depression the New Deal brought the federal government into unprecedented contact with most Americans and shaped the political economy of the contemporary United States. This major new study incorporates the results of many recent case studies of the New Deal and provides a detailed assessment of the impact of the depression and New Deal programmes on businessmen, industrial workers, farmers and the unemployed. In his thematic analysis of the implementation of particular programmes, rather than in a narrative of policymaking, Dr Badger explains the political and ideological constraints which limited the changes wrought by the New Deal.
Author : Christopher W. Shaw
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022663647X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Money, Power, and the People written by Christopher W. Shaw and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “engaging and well-researched study [of] ordinary people who joined together to challenge financial institutions” (Choice). Banks and bankers are hardly the most beloved institutions and people in this country. With its corruptive influence on politics and stranglehold on the American economy, Wall Street is held in high regard by few outside the financial sector. But the pitchforks raised against this behemoth are largely rhetorical: We rarely see riots in the streets or public demands for an equitable and democratic banking system that result in serious national changes. Yet the situation was vastly different a century ago, as Christopher W. Shaw shows. This book upends the conventional thinking that financial policy in the early twentieth century was set primarily by the needs and demands of bankers. Shaw shows that banking and politics were directly shaped by the literal and symbolic investments of the grassroots. This engagement remade financial institutions and the national economy, through populist pressure and the establishment of federal regulatory programs and agencies like the Farm Credit System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Shaw reveals the surprising groundswell behind seemingly arcane legislation, as well as the power of the people to demand serious political repercussions for the banks that caused the Great Depression. One result of this sustained interest and pressure was legislation and regulation that brought on a long period of relative financial stability, with a reduced frequency of economic booms and busts. Ironically, this stability led to the decline of the very banking politics that brought it about. Giving voice to a broad swath of American figures, including workers, farmers, politicians, and bankers alike, Money, Power, and the People recasts our understanding of what might be possible in balancing the needs of the people with those of their financial institutions.
Author : Lenski
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004477993
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Current Issues and Research in Macrosociology written by Lenski and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald T. Critchlow
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812252764
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book In Defense of Populism written by Donald T. Critchlow and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to warnings about the dangers of populism, Donald F. Critchlow argues that grassroots activism is essential to party renewal within a democratic system. Grassroots activism, presenting a cacophony of voices calling for reform of various sorts without programmatic coherence, is often derided as populist and distrusted by both political parties and voters. But according to Donald T. Critchlow, grassroots movements are actually responsible for political party transformation, both Democratic and Republic, into instruments of reform that reflect the interests, concerns, and anxieties of the electorate. Contrary to popular discourse warning about the dangers of populism, Critchlow argues that grassroots activism is essential to party renewal within a democratic system. In Defense of Populism examines movements that influenced Republican, Democratic, and third-party politics—from the Progressives and their influence on Teddy Roosevelt, to New Dealers and FDR, to the civil rights, feminist, and environmental movements and their impact on the Democratic Party, to the Reagan Revolution and the Tea Party. In each case, Critchlow narrates representative biographies of activists, party leaders, and presidents to show how movements become viable calls for reform that get translated into policy positions. Social tensions and political polarization continue to be prevalent today. Increased social disorder and populist outcry are expected whenever political elites and distant bureaucratic government are challenged. In Defense of Populism shows how, as a result of grassroots activism and political-party reform, policy advances are made, a sense of national confidence is restored, and the belief that American democracy works in the midst of crisis is affirmed.
Author : Sheila Collins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199990697
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book When Government Helped written by Sheila Collins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers new perspectives on comparisons of the intersection of economic and environmental crises of these two periods.
Author : K. Bryden
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773560661
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Old Age Pensions and Policy-Making in Canada written by K. Bryden and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1974-05-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised thesis comprising a case study of the old age benefit programme in Canada, to illustrate the political aspects and social policy decision making processes of income redistribution - includes references and statistical tables.
