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Democracy Without Decency:

Good Citizenship and the War on Poverty
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An analysis of social and economic policies in the United States, with emphasis on the 1960s War on Poverty.


Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: The Good Citizen and American Social Welfare

1. The Programmatic Precursors to the War on Poverty

2. The War on Poverty: Programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity

3. Other War on Poverty Programs

4. The Social Insurances and Welfare

5. Charity and Community Organization

Conclusion: The Iron Sculpture

Tables

References

Index


“This is a compelling work. Epstein is a wordsmith. The writing is concise and prickly. The reader will remember his words and thoughts. . . . It is one of the great social welfare muckraking books of all time.”

—Harris Chaiklin, Research on Social Work Practice

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