| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : PDF file(s) |
| Contents |
Medicaid, political life, and fragmented democracy -- Democratic citizenship and contextualized policy feedback -- Federalism, health care, and inequity -- State policy and political mis(education) -- Particularistic resistance in county contexts -- People, places, and social policy in the city -- Policy advocacy across a fragmented polity -- Federalism and political inequality -- Appendix A. Qualitative interviews -- Appendix B. Statistical tables |
| Summary |
Medicaid is the single largest public health insurer in the United States, covering upwards of 70 million Americans. Crucially, Medicaid is also an intergovernmental program that yokes poverty to federalism: the federal government determines its broad contours, while states have tremendous discretion over how Medicaid is designed and implemented. Where some locales are generous and open handed, others are tight-fisted and punitive. In Fragmented Democracy, Jamila Michener demonstrates the consequences of such disparities for democratic citizenship. Unpacking how federalism transforms Medicaid beneficiaries' interpretations of government and structures their participation in politics, the book examines American democracy from the vantage point(s) of those who are living in or near poverty, (disproportionately) Black or Latino, and reliant on a federated government for vital resources |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Mar 2018) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medicaid -- Political aspects -- United States
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Medical policy -- United States
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Medicaid
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Medical policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108224987 |
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1108224989 |
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