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This book calls for a fundamental change in the focus of public policy in America. It assesses sixteen key indicators of America's social health, and shows clearly that social progress has stalled and the country's energies need to be directed at critical domestic issues in the years ahead.

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This book calls for a fundamental change in the focus of public policy in America. It assesses sixteen key indicators of America's social health, and shows clearly that social progress has stalled and the country's energies need to be directed at critical domestic issues in the years ahead.
Autorenporträt
Marque-Luisa Miringoff, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. She has served as Chair of the Sociology Department and Director of the Urban Studies Program. She has been a member of the Institute for Innovation in Social Policy since 1985 and its Director since 2004. Her writings include The Social Health of the Nation: How America Is Really Doing (1999) with Marc Miringoff and Sandra Opdycke, The Social Costs of Genetic Welfare (1991), mand numerous articles on health and social indicators., Sandra Opdycke, Ph.D., has been Associate Director of the Institute for Innovation in Social Policy since 1985. Her writings include The Routledge Historical Atlas of Women in America (2000), Placing a Human Face on the Uninsured (2000), The Social Health of the Nation: How America Is Really Doing (1999) with Marc Miringoff and Marque-Luisa Miringoff, No One Was Turned Away: The Role of Public Hospitals in New York City Since 1900 (1999), and American Social Policy: Reassessment and Reform (1986) with Marc Miringoff. She previously taught at Vassar College.