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(Dis)Entitling
the Poor The Warren Court, Welfare Rights, and
the American Political Tradition
Elizabeth
Bussiere
1997
American Politics, History - American
Paperback: $22.95 TR
ISBN: 978-0-271-01602-3
"Why.
. . did the [Warren] Court refuse to make minimal subsistence a fundamental
right or povety a suspect class? Bussiere argues that the explanation
lies not only in the constellation of external forces pressuring the
Court but also in the Court's institutional limits. . . . Bussiere's
study reveals the rich possibilities of the new institutionalism.
. . . Careful historical studies, such as Bussiere's, suggest that
welfare policies are not determined by the economic and ideological
pressures of capitalism alone. They are also the product of contingent
factors such as litigation, political opportunism, social movements,
and the evolution of complex patterns of institutionalization." -Frank
Munger, Law and Society Review
"A real analytic tour de force. It seamlessly weaves together a
sophisticated understanding of American history, a subtle exposition
of complex Supreme Court doctrines, and a hard-headed treatment
of the realities of American politics." -Jennifer Hochschild, Princeton
University
Elizabeth
Bussiere is Associate Professor of Political Science at the
University of Massachusetts at Boston.
