"That's Not What We Meant to Do": Reform and Its Unintended Consequences in Twentieth-Century America - Hardcover

Gillon, Steven M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393048845 ISBN 13: 9780393048841

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2000

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Book by Gillon Steven M

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Reseña del editor:

You might think these were sweeping legal reforms that greatly improved American society. Or perhaps you view them as stopgap measures intended to right some grave social injustice. What all these instances of reform share, however, whether sponsored by Democrats or Republicans, is wildly unforeseen consequences--occasionally positive, often regrettable. With a shrewd eye for historical absurdity, Steven M. Gillon takes us on a tour of this century's reforms and legal innovation -- federal welfare policy, community mental health, immigration, and campaign finance reform, to name an additional few--and describes the unintended consequences of their enactment. The result is a brisk, instructive, and disturbing study that will be required reading for all students of government and society, and for anyone who wishes to avoid the perils that stalk any legislative body.

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An investigation into the chasm between the good intentions of legislators and the results of their legislation. Gillon discusses welfare policy, community mental health reform and immigration acts, and describes the unintended consenqueces of their enactment.

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• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0393048845
• ISBN 13: 9780393048841
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288