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Still a Dream (Hardcover)
Sar A. Levitan, William B. Johnston, Robert Taggart
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R1,997
Discovery Miles 19 970
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What is the right social policy for the future? Sar A. Levitan and
Robert Taggart have written a book that dispassionately examines
recent social programs. They respond to the fashionable arguments
that question the results of government intervention and the need
to correct social and economic ills. They weigh the charges that
new programs have been wasteful, ineffective, and even
counterproductive. The authors disprove the notion that recent
social programs have failed, that recipients of aid have been hurt
more than helped, or that the means and the ends of the last
decade's social policies were misconceived. They base their
conclusions upon data gathered by a host of governmental agencies
as well as by other scholarly studies. Among their major findings:
- The expansion of welfare will not continue indefinitely since
most of those in need have been reached. In a healthy economy
welfare costs will stabilize. In spite of its shortcomings, welfare
has resulted in a more equitable, comprehensive system of income
protection. - Medicare and Medicaid have not contributed to a
national "health crisis" but have delivered health care to millions
who might otherwise have been unable to afford it. - Housing
assistance has been unfairly condemned. While changes are warranted
the concepts are sound and the benefits undeniable. - Federal
programs for vocational training, job placement, remedial
education, and other services have a high payoff for the
individuals involved and for society as a whole. - Federal efforts
have been instrumental in the substantial progress made by
minorities. Levitan and Taggart consistently document effective,
positive achievements by government to promote the general welfare
and to redress many of the nation's most serious social and
economic ills stemming from poverty, discrimination, and old age.
They argue that an affluent and compassionate society has the
ability and responsibility to extend rather than to retrench its
basic system of protection for those who cannot make it on their
own. If progress toward a just society is to continue, the new
agenda must begin with a judicious and comprehensive reappraisal of
last decade's reforms. The Promise of Greatness provides such a
perspective. Based upon a sound analysis of past legislation, it
will certainly be an indispensable guide to the future policies
that shape this country.
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