SOCY 1072 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ownership Society, Social Integration, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
Document Summary
Social welfare 1945-1960: effects of wwii. The usa is now a super power. Education: progressive paradigm the belief that the federal government should help regulate the economy and play a role in social welfare policy, conservative paradigm the completely unregulated economy is the most effective. Gi bill: major social welfare institution for veterans. Educational funding college becomes available to the working class. This was huge especially because of the national draft, so millions of americans were all of a sudden eligible to financially to attend college. Ranch becomes the new affordable housing unit: people started building ranches that were cheap. Suburbs develop and white population leave the cities. Union movement: national labor relationship board expands collective bargaining policy. Afl and cio merge to become a national union. Labor force is now an organized political and economic power. The union negotiated the 40 hour workweek. Democratic party becomes the party for the working class.
