The Price of Citizenship

"Arguably the leading historian of American social welfare, Katz has written a defining history of post-Nixon transformations of America's welfare state. . . . This is a masterpiece of contemporary history." * <i>Publishers Weekly</i> * "The Price of Citizenship is a rich chronicle of the hostile climate facing U.S. social policy. It is a timely reminder that, for all the current talk of 'privatization,' the United States already relies heavily on private social welfare benefits. It is certain to be a valuable resource for social scientists and historians, who usually have to wait decades for a history of this quality to be written." * Jacob S. Hacker, <i>Journal of Social History</i> *

Michael B. Katz is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and a Research Associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including One Nation Divisible: What America Was and What It Is Becoming (with Mark J. Stern) and In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America.

Prologue: The Invention of Welfare 1. The American Welfare State 2. Poverty and Inequality in the New American City 3. The Family Support Act and the Illusion of Welfare Reform 4. Governors as Welfare Reformers 5. Urban Social Welfare in an Age of Austerity 6. The Independent Sector, the Market, and the State 7. The Private Welfare State and the End of Paternalism 8. Increased Risks for the Injured, Disabled, and Unemployed 9. New Models for Social Security 10. The Assimilation of Health Care to the Market 11. Fighting Poverty 1990s Style 12. The End of Welfare 13. Work, Democracy, and Citizenship Postscript: The Post-9/11 American Welfare State Notes Acknowledgments Index