Gaining Ground
  PREFACE

  INTRODUCTION

 collapse sectionPART ONE—  SOCIOECONOMIC RIGHTS AND AMERICAN VALUES
 expand sectionOne—  Patterns of Resource Inadequacy and American Values
 collapse sectionTwo—  Socioeconomic Rights and American Conceptions of Distributive Justice
 •Socioeconomic Rights in Theory
 •Practical Applications
 collapse sectionSocioeconomic Rights and Distributive Justice
 •Strict Equality
 •Need
 •Investments
 •Results
 •Ascription
 •Procedures
 •Socioeconomic Rights and American Beliefs
 expand sectionThree—  Implications for Prominent American Values
 expand sectionFour—  Practical Problems:  Complexity and Compliance

 collapse sectionPART TWO—  THE INVESTMENTS APPROACH TO SOCIAL PROGRAMS
 expand sectionIntroduction to Case Studies
 expand sectionFive—  Social Security
 expand sectionSix—  Aid to Families with Dependent Children
 expand sectionSeven—  Medicare
 expand sectionEight—  The Investments Approach

 expand sectionNotes
 expand sectionINDEX
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