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That's not what we meant to do : reform and its unintended consequences in twentieth-century America
Title:
That's not what we meant to do : reform and its unintended consequences in twentieth-century America
Author:
Gillon, Steven M.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton, [2000]

©2000
Physical Description:
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
American exceptionalism and the promise of unintended consequences -- Irony of reform: origins of Federal Welfare Policy, 1935 -- Politics of deinstitutionalization: the Community Health Act of 1963 -- Strange career of affirmative action: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Still the golden door?: the Immigration Act of 1965 -- Politics of campaign finance reform: the Federal Election Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1974.
ISBN:
9780393048841
Format :
Book