Howard, Christopher,  1961- <br/><br/>
The welfare state nobody knows :  debunking myths about U.S. social policy / 
Christopher Howard. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  c2007. 
 - xiv, 259 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-254) and index. 
<br/><br/>I: Basic tour -- She's so unusual -- Tracks of my tiers -- Twice in a lifetime -- II: New horizons -- Ogres, onions, and layers (or, how Republicans built the American welfare state) -- Programs for the poor are not always poor programs -- Shaq is still pretty tall: public support for the American welfare state -- The world according to AARP -- III: Checkpoints and roadblocks -- The American states: laboratories of Democracy or cryogenic chambers? -- Race still matters -- Change versus progress. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>069112180X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691121802 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006011959 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA683761  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public welfare--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social policy.<br/>United States--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN57  / .H68 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.6/10973