The economics of the Welfare State.

American Economist;  September 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ...1. The Welfare State and Economists The subject which...Paper - the economic impact of the Welfare State - is a topic often considered as...issue of the 1980s, reform of the Welfare State is likely to be the issue of the...

The future of the welfare state and political theory.(Viewpoint essay)

Perspectives on Political Science;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Is the welfare state the completion of the centuries-long movement...Socialists of various stripes regarding the welfare state as a temporary compromise. Leftist dissatisfaction with the welfare state can be traced back to Marx's Critique...

Rags to Riches to Suicide: Unhappy Narratives of Upward Mobility: Martin...

College Literature;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......culturally other, and for the ways in which upward mobility would pull one away from kin, friends...which I call narratives of unhappy upward mobility remained fairly stable throughout...the American Dream along the line of upward mobility, but the ultimate homelessness with...

TILTING AT WINDMILLS: Upward mobility a fantasy

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  March 9, 2003 ;     637 words ...HOW FICTITIOUS is the upward mobility that is supposed to be part...The New York Times, is that upward mobility is mostly a fantasy. She cites...fascinated, however, by the ways upward mobility is still possible. Physical...

The Puzzle of Dutch Welfare State Retrenchment.

West European Politics;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...In the literature on welfare state retrenchment and in the general...literature as to the difficulties in welfare state retrenchments apply very well...arguments as to why after all welfare state retrenchments are possible do...

upward mobility

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      26 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 upward mobility movement from a lower to a higher social and economic status Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

NO UPWARD MOBILITY THWARTS ASSIMILATION.(FORUM)(Letter to the editor)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  July 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......unskilled illegal immigrants is that upward mobility, the main incentive to assimilate...The manufacturing sector allowed upward mobility into skilled positions providing a stable life. Even without large wages, upward mobility was available in other industries...

Full employment and the welfare state.

American Economist;  March 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The modern welfare state and full employment policies have...Beveridge-inspired ideas of a universal welfare state grew up in about the same intellectual...individuals. From the very beginning, welfare-state arrangements and full-employment...

The Myth of Upward Mobility

The Washington Post;  June 14, 1987 ;     700+ words ......public and private faith in continual upward mobility. But the dream has turned to fantasy...to the latest research: The pace of upward mobility appears to have declined sharply in...unstable if and when the vision of upward mobility no longer provides its integrating...

American Dream has turned to fantasy // THE MYTH OF UPWARD MOBILITY

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 18, 1987 ;     700+ words ......public and private faith in continual upward mobility. But the dream has turned to fantasy...to the latest research: The pace of upward mobility appears to have declined sharply in...unstable if and when the vision of upward mobility no longer provides its integrating...

Minority Report: Upward Mobility And Black Middle-Class Flight

New Pittsburgh Courier;  June 12, 1996 ;     624 words ...Minority Report: Upward Mobility And Black Middle-Class Flight...2. The child's chances for upward mobility are directly influenced by his...peers, the more likely is his upward mobility. 5. The farther young people...

Broken rungs; Shortchanging education is slowing down upward mobility.

Concord Monitor;  June 3, 2005 ;     565 words ......dream has slipped out of sight. Federal studies show that upward mobility stalled in the 1980s, stayed flat in the 1990s and is now...graduate or a dropout is slim. Globalization has helped slow upward mobility. The high-paying factory jobs that allowed high school graduates...

Upward mobility stalls

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 10, 1997 ;     299 words ......their parents. But poorer kids have the same prospects for upward mobility as in the '70s, shows a report due out this weekend. Overall...percent in 1972, a 25 percent increase in downward mobility. Upward mobility, meanwhile, held steady at 19 percent. For children of blue-coll...

Critical link between presentation skills, upward mobility.

Supervision;  October 1, 1991 ;     515 words ......link between presentation skills, upward mobility Presentation savvy is the most critical...several verbal skills in terms of upward mobility, the ability to communicate ideas...Most Important Verbal Skill For Upward Mobility PHOTO : Executive Use of Overheads

Black Spending Is Up: African Americans Reveal 'Upward Mobility'

Sacramento Observer;  July 12, 1995 ;     299 words ......Spending Is Up: African Americans Reveal `Upward Mobility'. CHICAGO -- African Americans yield...items that are seen as trappings of upward mobility," said Ken Smikle, publisher of Target...computer has become a vital part of Black upward mobility," Smikle said. A recent study by ...