For Michael B. Katz, the term "welfare state" describes the
intricate web of government programs, employer-provided benefits,
and semiprivate organizations intended to promote economic security
and to guarantee the basic necessities of life for all citizens:
food, shelter, medical care, protection in childhood, and support
in old age. In this updated edition of his seminal work "The Price
of Citizenship," Katz traces the evolution of the welfare state
from colonial relief programs through the war on poverty and into
our own age, marked by the "end of welfare as we know it."Katz
argues that in the last decades, three great forces--a ferocious
war on dependence, which has singled out the most vulnerable; the
devolution of authority within both government and the private
sector; and the application of market models to social policy--have
permeated all aspects of the social contract. "The Price of
Citizenship" shows how these changes have propelled America toward
a future of increased inequality and decreased security as
individuals compete for success in an open market with ever fewer
protections against misfortune, power, and greed. A new chapter,
written for this edition, explains how these trends continue in the
post-9/11 era and how the response to Hurricane Katrina exposed the
weaknesses of America's social safety net.Offering grounds for
modest optimism, the new chapter also points to countervailing
trends that may modify and even partially reverse the effects of
recent welfare history.
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