Social Security: History and Politics from the New Deal
to the Privatization Debate
Daniel Béland
August 2005
252 pages
University
Press of Kansas
Studies in Government and Public Policy
Cloth ISBN 0-7006-1404-4
Everyone agrees that Social Security’s future is in jeopardy—or is it? Long viewed as the “third rail” of American politics, Social Security is a major political issue, and many experts and politicians would like to restructure this program. But too few of us, young and elderly alike, really understand the origins and workings of this popular program. Daniel Béland answers the call for objective information with a short history that provides context and clarity for the current debates. [read
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