{"product_id":"reparations-to-poverty-brigitta-loesche-scheller-9783906755533","title":"Reparations to Poverty: Domestic Policy in America- Ten Years After the Great Society","description":"- Why did America launch a war on poverty in 1964?\u003cbr\u003e - What forces doomed the noble campaign from the start?\u003cbr\u003e - Who paid the cost of escalation and failure?\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eReparations to Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e, an outside observer identifies six antagonistic forces that provoked, obstructed, and ultimately defeated the greatest ambition of the Great Society if not human experience: Public versus Private; Federal versus State and Local; Urban versus Rural and Suburban; Mainstream versus Minorities; Prevention versus Relief; and, in particular, Economic versus Social Policy. How each antagonism shaped and doomed the war on poverty and its legacy is traced in the records of participants, observers, and in a wealth of unpublished sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brigitta Loesche-Scheller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3906755533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783906755533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Brigitta Loesche-Scheller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850752405759,"sku":"9783906755533","price":176.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reparations-to-poverty-brigitta-loesche-scheller-9783906755533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}