A Prelude to the Welfare State
Download or Read eBook A Prelude to the Welfare State PDF written by Price V. Fishback and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Price V. Fishback |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0226251632 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780226251639 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Prelude to the Welfare State by : Price V. Fishback
Book excerpt: Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States--before social security, Medicare, or unemployment insurance--and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early progressive movement. In A Prelude to the Welfare State, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions by arguing that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because all relevant parties--labor and management, insurance companies, lawyers, and legislators--benefited from the ruling.
