《THE GREAT SOCIETY AND ITS LEGACY TWENTY YEARS OF U.S.SOCIAL POLICY》求取 ⇩

Introduction1

BOOK ONE Background15

1 Themes and Premises17

The Great Society 1984: Relic or Reality17

Is New Federalism the Wave of the Future?24

2 The Macroeconomic Cotext32

The Evolution of Economic Policy32

Tax Reform from 1964 to 1984－A Brief Retrospect42

BOOK TWO Problems, Policies, Programs, and Evaluation49

1 The Discovery of Poverty51

Poverty in the United States51

War on Poverty: Assumptions, History, and Results60

2 The Programmatic Legacy73

Did the Great Society and Subsequent Initiatives Work?73

Creating Jobs for Americans: From MDTA to Industrial Policy91

Six Welfare Questions Still Searching for Answers105

Random Reflections on the Great Society's Politics and Health Care Programs After Twenty Years113

3 Restructuring the Urban Environment121

Revitalizing the Cities: From Great Expectations to a New Realism121

Downtown Shopping Malls and the New Public-Private Strategy130

4 Use and Misuse of Information148

Observations on the Role of the Media in Covering the War on Poverty148

The Role of the Media in Shaping Public Policy: The Myth of Power and the Power of Myth152

Social Science and the Great Society163

5 The Impact on the Structure of Governance179

Fiscal Federalism in the 1980s: Dismantling or Rationalizing the Great Society179

The Nature and Systemic Impact of "Creative Federalism"197

The Great Society and the Growth of "Juridical Federalism"－Protecting Civil Rights and Welfare208

Conclusion－Great Society, Past, Present, and Possible Future216

Notes229

Index247

Contributors253