dc.rights.license | In Copyright | en_US |
dc.creator | Wilson, Jordan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-07T19:27:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-07T19:27:00Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012 | |
dc.identifier | WLURG38_Wilson_POV_2012_wm | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11021/24112 | |
dc.description | Capstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE] | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | . . . the paper opens with a consideration of the harms of a political trend hostile to government social spending. Based on evidence from the current U.S. model as well as European welfare states, I assume that government social expenditures, when properly constructed and implemented, can successfully address the issues of poverty; therefore, opposition to spending constitutes a real threat to improvements in Americans' well-being. Next, the paper works to understand the political movement. This begins by identifying peculiarities of the trend, including two unique political puzzles that counter long-held theory on voting behavior and complicate a traditional view of opposition movements. In order to explain the motivations behind both paradoxes, the paper offers several factors that might elucidate the trend's dynamism. Lastly, the paper will present a series of recommendations for addressing the anti-welfare state political movement. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 49 pages | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
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dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Washington and Lee University, Shepherd Poverty Program | en_US |
dc.title | An Unlikely Opposition: Examining Political Threats to the American Welfare State | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |
dcterms.isPartOf | RG38 - Student Papers | |
dc.rights.holder | Wilson, Jordan | |
dc.subject.fast | Economic assistance, Domestic | en_US |
dc.subject.fast | Social justice | en_US |
dc.subject.fast | Poverty | en_US |
dc.subject.fast | Political science | en_US |
dc.subject.fast | Political and social views | en_US |
dc.subject.fast | Self-interest | en_US |
dc.subject.fast | Voting research | en_US |
dc.subject.fast | Public opinion polls | en_US |
local.department | Shepherd Poverty Program | en_US |
local.scholarshiptype | Capstone | en_US |