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

by Margaret Weir

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691227856
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	03/09/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Margaret Weir is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. With Ira Katznelson, she is the coauthor of Schooling for All: Class, Race and the Decline of the Democratic Ideal (Basic Books/University of California).

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

What People are Saying About This

William Julius Wilson

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

From the Publisher

"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

Editorial Reviews

"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

From the Publisher