That's not what we meant to do : reform and its unintended consequences in twentieth-century America / Steven M. Gillon.
Gillon, Steven M.
New York ; London : W.W. Norton,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American exceptionalism and the promise of unintended consequences -- Irony of reform: origins of Federal Welfare Policy, 1935 -- Politics of deinstitutionalization: the Community Health Act of 1963 -- Strange career of affirmative action: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Still the golden door?: the Immigration Act of 1965 -- Politics of campaign finance reform: the Federal Election Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1974.
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