Divided Citizens : Gender and Federalism in New Deal Public Policy

by Suzanne Mettler

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Divided Citizens : Gender and Federalism in New Deal Public Policy, Hardcover by Mettler, Suzanne, ISBN 0801433290, ISBN-13 9780801433290, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The New Deal was not the same deal for men and women—a finding strikingly demonstrated in Dividing Citizens . Rich with implications for current debates over citizenship and welfare policy, this book provides a detailed historical account of how governing institutions and public policies shape social status and civic life. In her examination of the impact of New Deal social and labor policies on the organization and character of American citizenship, Suzanne Mettler offers an incisive analysis of the formation and implementation of the pillars of the modern welfare state: the Social Security Act, including Old Age and Survivors' Insurance, Old Age Assistance, Unemployment Insurance, and Aid to Dependent Children (later known simply as "welfare"), as well as the Fair Labor Standards Act, which guaranteed the minimum wage. Mettler draws on the methods of historical-institutionalists to develop a "structured governance" approach to her analysis of the New Deal. She shows how the new welfare state institutionalized gender politically, most clearly by incorporating men, particularly white men, into nationally administered policies and consigning women to more variable state-run programs. Differential incorporation of citizens, in turn, prompted different types of participation in politics. These gender-spe

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Year: 1998
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780801433290
• Condition: Fine

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