Essay Assignment: US POLITICS SOCIETY 1920-80
Length: 2,000 words.
Sanford Jacoby, Jennifer Klein (both selections), Mark Leff, and Alan Derickson, write a coherent essay explaining the emergence and evolution of a "mixed" public-private system for economic security and welfare in the United States from the 1910s through the 1950s. Why did a select group of companies introduce welfare-capitalist measures for their employees in the years prior to the Great Depression? Initially, what kinds of benefits did these employers offer? In what ways did early welfare capitalism influence the development of New Deal programs to enhance economic security and welfare? What was the role of organized labor in influencing the development of measures to provide greater economic security? What were the characteristics of the "mixed" system for economic security and welfare that had taken root in the United States by the middle of the twentieth century?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.