Social Justice Without Government?
Dorian T. WarrenAssistant Professor
Political Science/Public Affairs
Fellow
March 2011Rediscovering Government
Social Justice without Government?
Early 20th Century national legislative campaign
1899: 28 states 1.1906: 1st national effort (failed)2.1914: Palmer-Owen Act (failed)3.1916: Owen-Keating Act (passed)4.1918: Pomerene Act (passed)5.1924: Constitutional Amendment (failed)
1938: Victory: FLSA
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New Deal Redistributive Social Policies 1935 Wagner Act 1935 Social Security Act 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act
Civil Rights/Great Society 1964 Civil Rights Act 1964 War on Poverty 1965 Voting Rights Act 1968 Fair Housing Act 1971 OSHA
Social Justice & Federal Govt.: Slave vs. Free States
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1965 VRA*
Right to Work: Union Membership by StateSocial Justice without
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Right to Work: Union Membership by StateSocial Justice without
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Declining Mobility
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The Carceral State(s)
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The Carceral State(s)
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Deregulation & Inequality
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Filibuster
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