Description: In the Name of Liberalism : Illiberal Social Policy in the USA and Britain, Hardcover by King, Desmond, ISBN 0198296096, ISBN-13 9780198296096, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book investigates examples of social policy in Britain and the United States that conflict with liberal democratic ideals. It examines the use of eugenic arguments in the 1920s and 1930s, the use of work camps in the 1930s, and the introduction of work-for-welfare programs since the 1980s. The author argues that government accommodation of illiberal policies are a paradox of a liberal democratic framework.
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Book Title: In the Name of Liberalism : Illiberal Social Policy in the USA an
Number of Pages: 354 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: In the Name of Liberalism : Illiberal Social Policy in the USA and Britain
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Public Policy / Social Policy, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Publication Year: 1999
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 23.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Author: Desmond King
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover