The segregated origins of social security : African Americans and the welfare state

The segregated origins of social security : African Americans and the welfare state /

The relationship between welfare and racial inequality has long been understood as a fight between liberal and conservative forces. The author challenges this basic assumption. She demonstrates that segregation was built into the very foundation of the welfare state because white policy makers share...

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Main Author: Poole, Mary, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Government policy > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
Social security > United States > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
Welfare state > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
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