{"product_id":"southern-paternalism-and-the-american-welfare-state-economics-politics-and-institutions-in-the-south-1865-1965-hardback-9780521622103","title":"Southern Paternalism and the American Welfare State; Economics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865–1965 (Hardback) 9780521622103","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSouthern Paternalism and the American Welfare State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEconomics, Politics, and Institutions in the South, 1865–1965\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book shows how paternalism in Southern agriculture helped shape the growth of the welfare state.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLee J. Alston (Author), Joseph P. Ferrie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521622103, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 January 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  16 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book represents an important contribution to the study of labor relations and economic change in the American South.\"   Enterprise \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUsing institutional economics, Professors Alston and Ferrie show how paternalism in Southern agriculture helped shape the growth of the American welfare state in the hundred years following the Civil War. It was an integral part of agricultural contracts prior to mechanization. Paternalism involved the exchange of 'good and faithful' labour services for a variety of in-kind services, most notably protection from physical violence. The Southern landed elite valued paternalism because it reduced monitoring costs and turnover. Workers valued paternalism because of the lack of civil rights. In order to maintain the value of paternalism to their workers, the agricultural interests needed to prevent meddling from the federal government, which they accomplished through their disproportionate political power. Only the advent of mechanization and complementary technology in the late 1950s and early 1960s finally reduced the desire of Southern agricultural interests to fight the expansion of federal welfare programmes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The economics of paternalism\u003cbr\u003e 2. The politics of maintaining paternalism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Southern opposition to the Social Security Act\u003cbr\u003e 4. Southern opposition to the farm security administration\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Bracero program and wartime farm labour legislation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mechanization and the disappearance of paternalism\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005903491352,"sku":"9780521622103","price":53.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521622103i_ae2f2dbd-a6a5-4610-bf76-b376004b1d86.jpg?v=1691370648","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/southern-paternalism-and-the-american-welfare-state-economics-politics-and-institutions-in-the-south-1865-1965-hardback-9780521622103","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}