Author

Publication

2002 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

48,250 words, Guess

Page Count

193 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveassaultonsocialp0000roth
  • ISBN-100231123817
  • ISBN-100231123809
  • ISBN-139780231123815
  • ISBN-139780231123808
and 6 more
  • LibraryThing5438948
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001042142
  • OCLC Control Number47177015
  • Better World Books9780231123808
  • Better World Books9780231123815
  • Open LibraryOL17039718M

Classifications

  • LCCHN65 .R66 2002
  • LCCHN65.R66 2002
  • LCCHN65

Description

"American social policy today largely serves global corporate interests rather than the general public, according to William Roth. Based on incisive analyses of economic globalization, class, politics, and bureaucracy, The Assault on Social Policy argues that the perfection of the free market is a myth. Roth analyzes the rhetoric used to make poverty seem acceptable, shows how corporations affect the distribution of wealth and other resources, and considers the effect on disabled people, criminals, children, and health care. He concludes that increased transnational corporate power has created the need for large-scale systematic public policy changes."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • The assault on social policyColumbia University Press2002

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