Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality

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Index Boldface numbers refer to figures and tables. AACWA (Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act),62-63 Aaron, H., 67 AARP, 92, 93, 125 ABA (American Bar Association), 52, 54 Aberbach, J., 55 abortion, 210 activist government, rise of, 255-8 ADC (Aid to Dependent Children), 144 Addams, J., 184 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (AACWA),62-63 advocacy groups, 12-13,52-54, 169. See also Legal Services Corporation AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). See Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) affirmative action, 170, 173 African Americans: AFDC eligibility in Alabama, 56--57; economic progress, 5, 8-9; felon disenfranchisement , 235-36; incarceration rates, 11, 234-5, 249; income, 167; income inequality, 161; interracial marriage, 169; life expectancy, 166, 167; mass migration to urban north, 146, 151; poverty rates, 8,161; welfare stereotypes, 107-9 agenc~82-83,93-94, 143 Agriculture Department, 85 Aid to Day Care Centers Act (1976), 187-8 Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), 144 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC): benefits, 9, 39; and Democratic Party, 101-2; eligibility standards, 55-58; elimination of, 152; and family structure, 142; history of, 145-6; New York's shelter allowance, 63-64; opposition to, 149, 184; political participation of recipients, 137n9; public support and opinion of, 79-80, 113; and racial stereotypes, 100; state control over, 56, 149; visibility and proximity of, 113; work limitations , 186 Alabama, AFDC eligibility, 56--57 Alcala; Burns v., 56 alcoholism, 197 Alliance for Retired Americans, 125 alternative minimum tax (AMT), 44, 45n13 AMA (American Medical Association), 77, 86, 87, 91 AMEA (Association of Multiethnic Americans), 169 Amenta, E., 144, 145 American Bar Association (ABA), 52, 54 American Friends Service Committee, 231-2 American Hospital Association, 91 American Indians, 159 Americanization, 186 American Medical Association (AMA), 77, 86, 87, 91 AMT (alternative minimum tax), 44, 45n13 antigovernment movement, 44 antimiscegenation laws, 169 Ashcroft, J., 230 Asians: census data (1890), 159; population trends, 169; racial classification, 164 Association of Multiethnic Americans (AMEA), 169 at-risk children, 187,248 authoritarian politics, 240 The Baby Boon (Burkett), 190 bankruptcy, 262 Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, 60 Beem, C., 17 benchmarking, 206 benefit distribution, 129-30, 134 benefit size, 128, 134 Berry, J., 42 Bickel, A., 58 big government, hostility towards, 69 biracial persons, 159, 162-4, 165, 166, 168-75 blackness, 162-3, 165-6 blacks. See African Americans blue-collar workers, 8 Blue Cross Blue Shield, 83, 87, 133 268 Index Bobrow, D., 154n2 Boondocks, 172 Bouley, H., 155n12 Brady, H., 136nl Brazelton, T. Berry, 186 Brown, J., 231 Brown, L., 70 budget deficits, 35, 36, 38-39,40,41 budgets and budgeting process, 66, 237-40 bureaucrats, 55 Bureau of Economic Analysis, 208 Burger Court, 57-58 Burkett, E., 190 Burns v. Alcala, 56 Bush (George H. w.) administration, 36, 230 Bush (George w.) administration: job training and housing for released prisoners, 238; tax cuts, 37, 42-43,44; unemployment insurance, 152 business: campaign to roll back New Deal and Great Society reforms, 149-50; conservatism, 151; influence of, 146, 155n14; state competition for, 219; ties to Republican Party, 32; welfare reform, 152 California: "Cedillo Law," 226n23; fuel emissions standards, 209; homeless services, 62--63; indeterminate sentencing, 231; Proposition 13, 35; tax burden, 33; three-strikes law, 233, 237 Callahan v. Carey, 62 campaign finance reform, 210 Campbell, C., 230 care work: compatibility with paid work, 200; as economic commodity, 194; government's lack of support for, 19; historical evolution in welfare policy, 185-8; as luxury or privilege, 190; moral issues and choices, 193-200; and welfare reform, 193-94 Carey; Callahan v., 62 Carleson v. Remillard, 55 Carver v. Hooker, 56 caseworkers, 193, 196-97,250 categorical (targeted) programs, 64--66, 123, 129, 141 causes, public policies as, 4 Census Bureau, 159, 162, 170, 174-5 CEOs, 6 Chamber of Commerce, 32, 91,150 Chamber of Commerce v. Lockyer, 226n23 Chesnutt, c., 164 Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 61 child care: federal funding, 187, 188; for poor women, 187, 188; welfare reform requirements, 183-4 child care workers, 183, 187-8, 194 child rearing. See care work children: "at risk," 187,248; as consumption item, 190; political power, 248; poverty rates, 6, 8, 124; public health insurance programs, 78, 89; tax breaks for families with, 37-38 Child Welfare, 185 choice, 81 churches: membership based on skin color, 164; political participation of members, 121, 122; poor relief programs, 143 citizenship, 17-19, 187...