Description: Many social policies of the 1960s and 1970s, designed to overcome poverty and provide a decent standard of living for all Americans, ran into trouble in the 1980s with politicians, social scientists, and the public. Here Glazer looks back at what went wrong, arguing that our social policies effectively targeted some problems but ignored others.
Brief description: Nathan Glazer was Professor of Education and Sociology, Emeritus, at Harvard University.
Review Quotes: These essays confirm Nathan Glazer's role as one of the most prominent and provocative social thinkers. His views ought to be heard by all sides of the public policy debate.--David Ellwood, author of Poor Support