Les pauvres dans les campagnes présidentielles américaines de Clinton à Obama
The Poor in the American Presidential Campaigns from Clinton to Obama The War on Poverty, initiated by president Johnson in the 1960s, has given way to a hostile campaign against the poor. Democrats as well as Republicans have since then applied virtually the same policy towards the poor. Only the r...
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| Language: | English |
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Université de Poitiers
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Cahiers du MIMMOC |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/mimmoc/1618 |
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| Summary: | The Poor in the American Presidential Campaigns from Clinton to Obama The War on Poverty, initiated by president Johnson in the 1960s, has given way to a hostile campaign against the poor. Democrats as well as Republicans have since then applied virtually the same policy towards the poor. Only the rhetoric seems to be different.Presidential campaigns are a reliable indicator of the place of the poor in American society. The poor, who are excluded from the power structure, are either stigmatized or forgotten by policy-makers, and in particular the presidential candidates. |
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| ISSN: | 1951-6789 |