President Johnson's war on poverty : rhetoric and history /

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...

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Автор: Zarefsky, David (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1986.
Онлайн доступ:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=26985
Зміст:
  • Chronology
  • Rhetoric and public policy: the force of symbolic choice
  • Inception: the war is declared
  • Rhetorical crisis: the transformation of the military objective
  • Rhetorical crisis: the transformation of the enemy
  • Rhetorical crisis: the transformation of weapons and tactics
  • Consummation: the stalemated war
  • The impasse of the liberal argument.