To promote the general welfare
Subtitle: the case for big government
By: edited by Steven Conn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780199858552; 9780199858538
Subjects: Politics and government; Social policy; Public welfare
Description: Lost in all the Tea Party rage and rhetoric is this simple fact: the federal government plays a central role in making our society function, and it always has. The essays in this volume explore the many ways government programs have improved the quality of life in America. From education, communication, and transportation to arts and culture, housing, finance, and public health, they explore how and why government programs originated, how they have worked and changed-- and been challenged-- since their inception, and why many of them are important to preserve.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Looking for government in all the wrong places / Brian Balogh; title: Transportation and the uniting of the nation / Zachary M. Schrag; title: Uncle Sam at the blackboard : the federal government and American education / Jonathan Zimmerman; title: Banking on government / Elizabeth Tandy Shermer; title: Helmets : government power and the promise for security / Kevin Boyle; title: The right to a decent home / Thomas J. Sugrue; title: Solving the nation's number one health problem(s) / Karen Kruse Thomas; title: Culture for the people : how government has fostered the arts and culture / Steven Conn; title: From Franklin to Facebook : the civic mandate for American communications / Richard R. John; title: From endeavor to achievement and back again : government's greatest hits in peril; title: Notes; title: Contibutors; title: Index.