Social Insurance and Social Justice: Social Security, Medicare and the Campaign Against Entitlements Book

Contributors ix

Foreword Barbara B. Kennelly xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

In Memoriam: Mr. Social Security: The Extraordinary Contributions Robert M. Ball xix

Introduction: We're All in This Together xxv

Part I Social Insurance: History, Politics, and Prospects

Introduction Brian R. Grossman 3

1 The Nine Guiding Principles of Social Security Robert M. Ball 9

2 Social Insurance and the Right to Assistance Robert M. Ball 15

3 Procession of the Generations: Are We Still Traveling Together? Malcolm L. Johnson 25

4 The Little-Known Origins of the Social Security Act: How and Why Corporate Moderates Created Old-Age Insurance G. William Domhoff 47

5 The Medicare Modernization Act: Evolution or Revolution in Social Insurance? Thomas R. Oliver Philip R. Lee 63

6 The Future of Social Insurance: Values and Generational Interdependence Eric R. Kingson John M. Cornman Amanda L. Torre-Norton 95

Part II What's at Stake

Introduction Erica Solway 111

7 One Nation, Interdependent: Exploring the Boundaries of Citizenship in the History of Social Security and Medicare Brian R. Grossman Erica Solway Brooke A. Hollister Carroll L. Estes Leah Rogne 115

8 Why All Women (and Most Men) Should Support Universal Rather than Privatized Social Security Madonna Harrington Meyer 149

9 Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? Challenges to Income Security for Elders of Color Steven P. Wallace Valentine M. Villa 165

10 Quality of Life for Communities of Color E. Percil Stanford Donna L. Yee Edgar E. Rivas 179

Part III The Ongoing Debates Over Social Insurance Programs

Introduction Brooke A. Hollister 193

11 Can Threats to Social Insurance in the United StatesBe Repelled? Robert H. Binstock James H. Schulz 197

12 Social Security Privatization: The Institutionalization of an Ideological Movement Judie Svihula Carroll L. Estes 217

13 A Normative Approach to Social Security: What Dignity Requires Martha Holstein 233

14 Public Opinion and Social Insurance: The American Experience Fay Lomax Cook Meredith B. Czaplewski 251

15 Restoring Confidence in Social Security: Our Obligation to Future Generations Harry R. Moody 279

Part IV Critical Perspectives on Social Insurance Reform

Introduction Carroll L. Estes 295

16 Social Insurance in Europe Alan Walker 299

17 Pensions in Crisis: Aging and Inequality in a Global Age Chris Phillipson 319

18 Federalism, State Taxation of OASDI Benefits, and the Economic Well-Being of Older Americans Phoebe S. Liebig Bernard A. Steinman 341

19 Social Justice and Tax Expenditures Debra Street 359

Part V Teaching Social Insurance: Critical Pedagogy and Social Justice

Introduction Leah Rogne 379

20 Make History Ground-Breaking by Teaching Essential History: Putting Social Security in U.S. History Syllabi W. Andrew Achenbaum 383

21 Teaching Collaborative Learning and Continuing Education Strategies about Social Security and Medicare Patricia K. Cianciolo 399

22 Beyond Lectures and Tests: Facilitating Applied and Interactive Social Insurance Learning Experiences in Gerontology Courses C. Joanne Grabinski 417

Epilogue: From the Audacity of Hope to the Audacity of Action Carroll L. Estes Leah Rogne Brian R. Grossman Brooke A. Hollister Erica Solway 435

Index 441