| Description |
xiv, 557 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-545) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: an overview of the social security program -- The creation of social security in America -- The first controversy over financing and the creation of family benefits, 1935-1939 -- Political struggles over social security in the 1940s and program expansion in 1950 -- Extending coverage and benefits, 1951-1965 -- Enlarging the program and indexing benefits to the rate of inflation, 1966-1972 -- The second controversy over financing and the 1977 social security amendments, 1973-1977 -- The third controversy over financing and the social security amendments of 1983 -- Disability benefits in the 1980s -- The fourth controversy over financing and the battle over privatization, 1983-2006. |
| Subject |
Social security -- United States -- History -- Sources.
|
| Added Author |
Béland, Daniel.
|
|
Berkowitz, Edward D.
|
| ISBN |
9780872895027 alkaline paper |
|
0872895025 alkaline paper |
|
