The welfare state nobody knows: debunking myths about U.S. social policy

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List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables vii Acknowledgments ix Acronyms xiii INTRODUCTION 1 PART I: Basic Tour 11 CHAPTER 1: She's So Unusual 13 CHAPTER 2: Tracks of My Tiers 27 CHAPTER 3: Twice in a Lifetime 53 PART II: New Horizons 71 CHAPTER 4: Ogres, Onions, and Layers (or, How Republicans Built the American Welfare State) 73 CHAPTER 5: Programs for the Poor Are Not Always Poor Programs 92 CHAPTER 6: Shaq Is Still Pretty Tall: Public Support for the American Welfare State 109 CHAPTER 7: The World According to AARP 125 PART III: Checkpoints and Roadblocks 151 CHAPTER 8: The American States: Laboratories of Democracy or Cryogenic Chambers? 153 CHAPTER 9: Race Still Matters 178 CHAPTER 10: Change versus Progress 192 Notes 211 Index 255

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