Divided Citizens
Subtitle: Gender and Federalism in New Deal Public Policy
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: June 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780801433290
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Feminism; Political science & theory; Welfare & benefit systems; Public Policy - General; Social Policy; Women And Politics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; POL017000; POL019000; POL; Gender Studies; Government - U.S. Government; Public Affairs & Administration
First sentence: During the century and a half preceding the New Deal, under the unique system of federalism hammered out at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the actual content of American citizenship was defined primarily by the individual states rather than by national government.