American social policy today largely serves global corporate interests rather than the general public, according to William Roth. Based on incisive analyses of economic globalization, class, politics, and bureaucracy, The Assault on Social Policy argues that the perfection of the free market is a myth. Roth analyzes the rhetoric used to make poverty seem acceptable, shows how corporations affect the distribution of wealth and other resources, and considers the effect on disabled people, criminals, children, and health care. He concludes that increased transnational corporate power has created the need for large-scale systematic public policy changes.
- ISBN10 0231123817
- ISBN13 9780231123815
- Publish Date 30 January 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Columbia University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 224
- Language English