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- From Opportunity to Entitlement : the Transformation and Decline of Great Society Liberalism
- Publication Name
- From Opportunity to Entitlement
- Title
- From Opportunity to Entitlement
- Subtitle
- The Transformation and Decline of Great Society Liberalism
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780700609949
- ISBN
- 9780700609949
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Genre
- Law, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Constitutional, United States / 20th Century, Constitutions, History & Theory
- Release Year
- 1996
- Release Date
- 30/08/1996
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Features
- Reprint
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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"The purpose of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is to offer opportunity, not an opiate. . . . We are not content to accept the endless growth of relief rolls or welfare rolls."--President Lyndon B. Johnson "I would just provide that every person in this country is given a certain minimum income. If he wants to work in addition to that, he keeps what he earns."--Senator George S. McGovern Between LBJ's statement in 1964 and McGovern's in 1972, American liberals radically transformed their welfare philosophy from one founded on opportunity and hard work to one advocating automatic entitlements. Gareth Davies' book shows us just how far-reaching that transformation was and how much it has to teach anyone engaged in the latest round of debates over welfare reform in America. When Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on Poverty," he took great care to align his ambitious program with national attitudes toward work, worthiness, and dependency. Eight years later, however, American liberals were dominated by those who believed that all citizens enjoyed an unqualified right to income support with no strings or obligations attached. That shift, Davies argues, was part of a broader transformation in political values that had devastating consequences for the Democratic Party in particular and for the cause of liberalism generally. Davies shows how policy failure, the war in Vietnam, domestic violence, and the struggle for black equality combined to create a crisis in national politics that destroyed the promise of the Great Society. He reevaluates LBJ's role, demonstrating that while detractors such as McGovern and Robert Kennedy embraced the "new politics of dissent," LBJ remained true throughout his career to the values that had sustained the New Deal coalition and that continued to retain their mass appeal. Davies also explains in rich detail how the dominant strain of American liberalism came to abandon individualism, one of the nation's dogmas, thus shattering the New Deal liberal hegemony with consequences still affecting American politics in the mid 1990s. Placing today's welfare debates within this historical context, Davies shows that the current emphasis on work and personal responsibility is neither a liberal innovation nor distinctively conservative. Based on a wide range of previously untapped archival sources and presented in a very accessible style, From Opportunity to Entitlement will be especially useful for courses concerned with the 1960s, the decline of the New Deal political order, the history of social welfare, the American reform tradition, and the influence of race upon American politics.
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700609946
ISBN-13
9780700609949
eBay Product ID (ePID)
489702
Product Key Features
Book Title
From Opportunity to Entitlement : the Transformation and Decline of Great Society Liberalism
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Constitutional, United States / 20th Century, Constitutions, History & Theory
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Law, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Kf4550.W475 1999
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
"Reading Davies's account, one sees afresh how the Great Society became the Great Punching Bag for a generation of conservatives and neoconservatives."-- Hugh Heclo , author of A Government of Strangers "Davies's excellent book rests on extraordinarily deep research, is written with clarity and verve, and deserves a wide readership."-- James T. Patterson , author of Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974, "Reading Daviess account, one sees afresh how the Great Society became the Great Punching Bag for a generation of conservatives and neoconservatives."Hugh Heclo , author of A Government of Strangers "Daviess excellent book rests on extraordinarily deep research, is written with clarity and verve, and deserves a wide readership."James T. Patterson , author of Grand Expectations: The United States, 19451974, "In this exceptional book Davies charts the changing nature of Great Society liberalism from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. In fascinating detail he tells the story of how many leading liberals, including senior members of the Johnson administration, began to see the methods initially chosen to fight the War on Poverty as inadequate. His book not only deserves but needs to be read by any student of the 1960s and American liberalism, or anyone interested in the contemporary welfare reform debate."-- American Politics Review "A lively, exceptionally readable, and, on the whole, convincing analysis of the downward path of the welfare state in the United States."-- Journal of American History "An insightful inquiry into the march of the liberals away from the center and into the political wilderness."-- American Historical Review "Davies's argument is so well constructed that it merits serious attention from all students interested in the making and unmaking of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Highly recommended."-- Choice "A well-written, coherent, and rich portrait of a turbulent era."-- Journal of Politics, "Reading Davies's account, one sees afresh how the Great Society became the Great Punching Bag for a generation of conservatives and neoconservatives."- Hugh Heclo , author of A Government of Strangers "Davies's excellent book rests on extraordinarily deep research, is written with clarity and verve, and deserves a wide readership."- James T. Patterson , author of Grand Expectations: The United States, 19451974, "In this exceptional book Davies charts the changing nature of Great Society liberalism from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. In fascinating detail he tells the story of how many leading liberals, including senior members of the Johnson administration, began to see the methods initially chosen to fight the War on Poverty as inadequate. His book not only deserves but needs to be read by any student of the 1960s and American liberalism, or anyone interested in the contemporary welfare reform debate."American Politics Review "A lively, exceptionally readable, and, on the whole, convincing analysis of the downward path of the welfare state in the United States."Journal of American History "An insightful inquiry into the march of the liberals away from the center and into the political wilderness."American Historical Review "Daviess argument is so well constructed that it merits serious attention from all students interested in the making and unmaking of Lyndon Johnsons Great Society. Highly recommended."Choice "A well-written, coherent, and rich portrait of a turbulent era."Journal of Politics
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Historical Context of the War on Poverty 2. War on Dependency: Liberal Individualism and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 3. Race and Poverty: Redefining Equality, 1964-1965 4. Watts and Its Aftermath: Rise of the Income Strategy 5. Vietnam, Black Power, and the Decline of the Great Society 6. Political Polarization and the Search for a New Liberalism 7. Welfare Reform and the Crisis of Liberalism: 1967 8. Liberalism and Governance, 1967-1968 9. Zenith of the Entitlements Revolution: Liberalism and the Family Assistance Plan Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1996
Lccn
95-046919
Dewey Decimal
342.73/02
Dewey Edition
20
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