Caring for our own : why there is no political demand for new American social welfare rights
Levitsky, Sandra RAuthor
'Caring for Our Own' inverts an enduring question of social welfare politics. Rather than ask why the American state has not responded to unmet social welfare needs by expanding social entitlements, this book asks: Why don't American families view unmet social welfare needs as the basis for demands for new state entitlements? The answer, Sandra Levitsky argues, lies in a better understanding of how individuals imagine solutions to the social welfare problems they confront and what prevents new understandings of social welfare provision from developing into political demand for alternative social arrangements.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Caring for Our Own' inverts an enduring question of social welfare politics. Rather than ask why the American state has not responded to unmet social welfare needs by expanding social entitlements, this book asks: Why don't American families view unmet social welfare needs as the basis for demands for new state entitlements? The answer, Sandra Levitsky argues, lies in a better understanding of how individuals imagine solutions to the social welfare problems they confront and what prevents new understandings of social welfare provision from developing into political demand for alternative social arrangements.
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Aging parents
Care
Social service
Welfare state
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Gerontology