Robert C. Lieberman is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is the author of "Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State".

Winner of the 2006 Best Book on Public Policy Award, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "Lieberman's book is well worth reading-and debating... [T]his book sets its sights on a big, interesting question and tackles it... It is a book that should open up significant space for debate and for future research."--Erik Bleich, Ethics and International Affairs "This is a deep, wide, valuable book that demonstrably advances research in racial politics, comparative public policy, and the social science analysis of political history. That is an impressive achievement for one volume."--Jennifer L. Hochschild, Ethnic and Racial Studies

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix LIST OF TABLES xi PREFACE xiii CHAPTER ONE: Configurations of Race and State: The Politics of Racial Incorporation 1 CHAPTER TWO: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism: Race and the Politics of Social Reform 27 CHAPTER THREE: The Roots of Welfare Incorporation 56 CHAPTER FOUR: Postwar Transformations of Race and State 75 CHAPTER FIVE: Encounters with the Welfare State: Social Security and Social Insurance 99 CHAPTER SIX: Encounters with the Welfare State: Public Assistance and "Welfare" 118 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Development of Employment Discrimination Policy 147 CHAPTER EIGHT: Weak State, Strong Policy: Paradoxes of Antidiscrimination Policy 174 CHAPTER NINE: Toward a Color-Blind Future: Varieties of Color Blindness and the Future of Race Policy 202 NOTES 225 INDEX 293

Robert C. Lieberman is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is the author of "Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State".

Winner of the 2006 Best Book on Public Policy Award, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "Lieberman's book is well worth reading-and debating... [T]his book sets its sights on a big, interesting question and tackles it... It is a book that should open up significant space for debate and for future research."--Erik Bleich, Ethics and International Affairs "This is a deep, wide, valuable book that demonstrably advances research in racial politics, comparative public policy, and the social science analysis of political history. That is an impressive achievement for one volume."--Jennifer L. Hochschild, Ethnic and Racial Studies

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix LIST OF TABLES xi PREFACE xiii CHAPTER ONE: Configurations of Race and State: The Politics of Racial Incorporation 1 CHAPTER TWO: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism: Race and the Politics of Social Reform 27 CHAPTER THREE: The Roots of Welfare Incorporation 56 CHAPTER FOUR: Postwar Transformations of Race and State 75 CHAPTER FIVE: Encounters with the Welfare State: Social Security and Social Insurance 99 CHAPTER SIX: Encounters with the Welfare State: Public Assistance and "Welfare" 118 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Development of Employment Discrimination Policy 147 CHAPTER EIGHT: Weak State, Strong Policy: Paradoxes of Antidiscrimination Policy 174 CHAPTER NINE: Toward a Color-Blind Future: Varieties of Color Blindness and the Future of Race Policy 202 NOTES 225 INDEX 293

Robert C. Lieberman is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is the author of "Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State".

Winner of the 2006 Best Book on Public Policy Award, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "Lieberman's book is well worth reading-and debating... [T]his book sets its sights on a big, interesting question and tackles it... It is a book that should open up significant space for debate and for future research."--Erik Bleich, Ethics and International Affairs "This is a deep, wide, valuable book that demonstrably advances research in racial politics, comparative public policy, and the social science analysis of political history. That is an impressive achievement for one volume."--Jennifer L. Hochschild, Ethnic and Racial Studies

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix LIST OF TABLES xi PREFACE xiii CHAPTER ONE: Configurations of Race and State: The Politics of Racial Incorporation 1 CHAPTER TWO: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism: Race and the Politics of Social Reform 27 CHAPTER THREE: The Roots of Welfare Incorporation 56 CHAPTER FOUR: Postwar Transformations of Race and State 75 CHAPTER FIVE: Encounters with the Welfare State: Social Security and Social Insurance 99 CHAPTER SIX: Encounters with the Welfare State: Public Assistance and "Welfare" 118 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Development of Employment Discrimination Policy 147 CHAPTER EIGHT: Weak State, Strong Policy: Paradoxes of Antidiscrimination Policy 174 CHAPTER NINE: Toward a Color-Blind Future: Varieties of Color Blindness and the Future of Race Policy 202 NOTES 225 INDEX 293