Politics and Jobs:
The Boundaries of Employment Policy in the United States
Margaret Weir

Paper | 1993 | $37.50 / £26.95
262 pp. | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 6 line illus., 11 tables

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Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.

Endorsement:

"Politics and Jobs establishes a new landmark in the study of economic and social policies in the United States. Weir's insightful and analytically powerful book will be widely read and cited for years."--William Julius Wilson, University of Chicago

Table of Contents:

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	List of Abbreviations
1	Innovations and Boundaries in American Policymaking	3
2	Creating an American Keynesianism	27
3	Race and Politics of Poverty	62
4	Public Employment and the Politics of "Corruption"	99
5	The Political Collapse of Full Employment	130
6	Policy Boundaries and Political Possibilities	163
	Notes	181
	Index	231

Another Princeton book by Margaret Weir:

• The Politics of Social Policy in the United States.

Subject Areas:

• Economics
• Political Science and International Relations
• Sociology

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