Housing and the Democratic Ideal
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: September 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780231119504
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Housing; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: American; USA; Political; Sociology - Urban; United States - General; Social Science / Sociology / Urban; 1902-1970; 20th century; Abrams, Charles,; Biography; Housing policy; Sociologists; United States
Description: "Housing and the Democratic Ideal uses Abrams's experiences as a lens through which we can better understand the development of American social policy and state expansion during the twentieth century. In his left-leaning critique of centrist liberalism. Abrams took aim at the use of fiscal and monetary policies to achieve social objectives - a practice that allowed business interests to maximize private profits at the expense of public benefits.

His growing concern over racial discrimination prefigured its emergence as a highly contested aspect of the American state."--BOOK JACKET.