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Equality of opportunity : a century of debate / David Davenport, Gordon Lloyd.

Author/creator Davenport, David, 1950- author.
Other author/creatorLloyd, Gordon, 1942- author.
Other author/creatorHoover Institution Press, publisher.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [2023]
Description120 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Equality--United States --History.
Opportunity--United States --History.
United States--Social policy.
United States--Economic policy.
Series Hoover Institution Press publication
Hoover Institution Press publication ; 732. ^A283591
Contents The origins of equality of opportunity -- Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal : "equality of opportunity as we have known it no longer exists" -- The Great Society and equality of opportunity : a revolution in thinking and policy making -- The Reagan counterrevolution -- Whatever happened to equality of opportunity?
Abstract "Considers the differing views of equality of opportunity in the United States--from the Founders' conception to that of political progressives--and the role of the government in advancing it"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Davenport, David, 1950- Equality of opportunity Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2023 9780817925864
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2022059586
ISBN9780817925840
ISBN0817925848 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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