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When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security
Edwin Amenta
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Description for When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security
Paperback. Accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. This book tells the story of the Townsend Plan - a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty and end the Great Depression through a government-provided retirement stipend of $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 halftones. 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JKSG; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
When Movements Matter accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. The book tells the overlooked story of the Townsend Plan--a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty and end the Great Depression through a government-provided retirement stipend of $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty. Both the Townsend Plan, which organized two million older Americans into Townsend clubs, and the wider pension movement failed to win the generous and universal senior citizens' pensions their advocates demanded. But the movement provided the political impetus behind old-age policy in its formative years and pushed ... Read more
When Movements Matter accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. The book tells the overlooked story of the Townsend Plan--a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty and end the Great Depression through a government-provided retirement stipend of $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty. Both the Townsend Plan, which organized two million older Americans into Townsend clubs, and the wider pension movement failed to win the generous and universal senior citizens' pensions their advocates demanded. But the movement provided the political impetus behind old-age policy in its formative years and pushed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691138268
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V9780691138268
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About Edwin Amenta
Edwin Amenta is professor of sociology and history at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of "Professor Baseball" and "Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy" (Princeton).
Reviews for When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security
"Compelling... Grounded in impressive archival research that easily makes it the best book on the Townsend Plan ever published... The book is well-written and the balance between its theoretical and historical components is excellent."
Daniel Beland, Contexts "Amenta's sharp theoretical analysis of the Townsend mobilization and his rigorous excavation of the historical evidence sets a high standard for future research."
Joseph E. ... Read more
Daniel Beland, Contexts "Amenta's sharp theoretical analysis of the Townsend mobilization and his rigorous excavation of the historical evidence sets a high standard for future research."
Joseph E. ... Read more