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The presidents and the poor : America battles poverty, 1964-2017 / Lawrence J. McAndrews

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出版者 [Lawrence, Kansas] : University Press of Kansas
出版年 [2018]
大きさ ix, 353 pages ; 23 cm

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312.53/Ma13 2011109093
9780700626731

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内容注記 The limited war : Lyndon Johnson, 1964-1969
The grand design : Richard Nixon, 1969-1974
No time to heal : Gerald Ford, 1974-1977
Social engineering: Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981
The revolution that wasn't : Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989
The good society : George H. W. Bush, 1989-1993
Going to China : Bill Clinton, 1993-2001
Losing faith : George W. Bush, 2001-2009
The elasticity of hope : Barack Obama, 2009-2017
一般注記 Summary: "Ever since Lyndon Johnson launched his "War on Poverty," each presidential administration has engaged in a unique effort to help impoverished Americans. Though every president inherited the remnants of his predecessors' policies, each sought to make his own mark and secure his own place in history. The combatants changed, the terrain shifted, the losses mounted, and the victories faded. Johnson (inspired by Kennedy) may have devised the initial strategy to conduct the campaign, but subsequent presidents amplified, altered, and even overturned it. The Presidents and the Poor is an account of honorable intentions, innovative ideas, colossal sums of money, and a vast expansion of government. In the end, however, it is a tale of how nine presidents did not do too much, but too little, to help those on the lowest rungs of American society. Democrats Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama were never fully able to commit the resources that they believed were necessary to defeat povert
Includes bibliographical references and index
著者標目 *McAndrews, Lawrence J. (Lawrence John) author
件 名 LCSH:United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century  全ての件名で検索
LCSH:United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century  全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Poverty -- Government policy -- United States -- History  全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Poverty -- United States -- History  全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Poor -- United States -- History  全ての件名で検索
分 類 LCC:E839.5
DC23:362.50973/0904
書誌ID 4000095590
ISBN 9780700626731 (cloth : alk. pape
NCID GB98575945

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