Michael Harrington (1) (1928–1989)
Auteur de The Other America: Poverty in the United States
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A propos de l'auteur
Michael Harrington was an American democratic socialist, bestselling writer, political activist, professor of political science, NPR commentator, atheist, and founder of the Democratic Socialists of America. He is also credited with coining the term "neoconservatism" in the 1970s. A major figure of afficher plus the American left, Harrington is the author of eighteen books including The Other America: Poverty in the United States, The Social-Industrial Complex, Twilight of Capitalism, and his autobiography The Long Distance Runner. He passed away in 1989. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Michael Harrington
Ethics, Free Enterprise, and Public Policy: Original Essays on Moral Issues in Business (1978) 5 exemplaires
American power in the twentieth century 2 exemplaires
The politics of poverty 1 exemplaire
Who are the poor?: A profile of the changing faces of poverty in the United States in 1987 (1987) 1 exemplaire
La povertà negli Stati Uniti 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributeur — 132 exemplaires
Dissent, Winter 1972: Special Issue: The World of the Blue Collar Worker — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Harrington, Edward Michael
- Date de naissance
- 1928-02-04
- Date de décès
- 1989-07-31
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Études
- College of the Holy Cross
University of Chicago (MA | English Literature)
Yale Law School - Professions
- political scientist
university professor - Organisations
- Socialist Party of America
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
Democratic Socialists of America
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As important today, or possibly more so, than when it was written over fifty years ago. Any outrage over the shocking numbers inside can only be multiplied today by the sheer fact of national avoidance of the problem.
This is a depressing read because it's nearly 60 years old and yet so much of it is still true. LBJ's War on Poverty did lessen poverty, especially amongst the elderly. But too many of us believe in Reagan's quip that "we waged a war on poverty, and poverty won"--cutting benefits and giving up. Harrington's book still articulates the problems with conservative thinking on poverty, and his analyses of rural areas and black poverty still have a great deal of truth today.
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which led to The War on Poverty.
It would have been great if it had succeeded.