TY - GEN T1 - President Johnson's war on poverty : rhetoric and history A1 - Zarefsky, David LA - English PP - University, Ala. PB - University of Alabama Press YR - 1986 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44957286 AB - Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In January 1964, in his first State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson announced a declaration of "unconditional war" on poverty. By the end of the year the Economic Opportunity Act became law. The War on Poverty illustrates the interweaving of rhetorical and historical forces in shaping public policy. Zarefsky suggest that an important problem in the War on Poverty lay in its discourse. He assumes that language plays a central role in the formulation of social policy by shaping the context within which people view the social worl. OP - 275 CN - HC110.P63 Z36 1986eb SN - 0585213518 SN - 9780585213514 SN - 9780817352455 SN - 0817352457 SN - 9780817389420 SN - 0817389423 SN - 0817302662 SN - 9780817302665 KW - Johnson, Lyndon B. KW - Economic assistance, Domestic : United States. KW - United States : Politics and government : 1963-1969. KW - États-Unis : Politique et gouvernement : 1963-1969. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Economic Policy. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Government & Business. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : Economic Development. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : Business Development. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Structural Adjustment. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : General. KW - Economic assistance, Domestic KW - Politics and government KW - United States KW - Sozialpolitik KW - Armut KW - USA KW - Geschichte 1964-1968. KW - Geschichte (1963-1969) KW - 1963-1969 KW - Electronic book. ER -