The Missing Middle: Working Families and the Future of American Social Policy

An eye-opening look at how America’s social policy has been hijacked by a rhetoric of extremes. In the opening pages of this powerful examination of American politics, Theda Skocpol reveals a curious pattern: Our politicians argue over programs for the very poor or tax cuts for the very rich, and they worry over the precarious security of our longer-living grandparents and the educational neglect and corresponding bleak future of our children. But, with the spotlight on the youngest, the ol...