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The Reluctant Welfare State; American Social Welfare Policies, Past, Present, and Future
by Bruce S. JanssonEdition:
3rd
ISBN13:
9780534341411
ISBN10:
0534341411
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
7/15/1996
Publisher(s):
Wadsworth Publishing
List Price: $49.33
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Summary
How can an understanding of historical events breathe new life into the study of current social welfare policies and the profession of social work? Why is the American welfare state more "reluctant" that most European ones? How have various outgroups used creative survival strategies in the face of adversity? How has social welfare policy been affected by the conflict among Newt Gingrich, "New Democrats", and Democratic Congressional liberals? You'll find discussion of these issues and more in this comprehensive, scholarly introduction to social welfare policy in the United States. This book will challenge you to think critically about issues, developments, and policies both in past eras and in contemporary society. Throughout the book, Jansson invites you to become a policy practitioner and advocate and to develop your own "policy identity".
Table of Contents
| Social Reform in a Society with Conflicting Tendencies | p. 1 |
| A Framework for Understanding the Evolution of the Reluctant Welfare State | p. 12 |
| Fashioning a New Society in the Wilderness | p. 25 |
| Social Welfare Policy in the Early Republic: 1789-1860 | p. 58 |
| Lost Opportunities: The Frontier, the Civil War, and Industrialization | p. 82 |
| Social Reform in the Progressive Era | p. 109 |
| The Early Stages of the New Deal | p. 148 |
| Institutionalizing the New Deal | p. 169 |
| The Era of Federal Social Services: The New Frontier and the Great Society | p. 198 |
| The Paradoxical Era: 1968-1980 | p. 240 |
| The Conservative Counterrevolution in the Era of Reagan and Bush | p. 267 |
| Reluctance Illustrated: Policy Uncertainty During the Clinton Administration | p. 307 |
| Why Has the American Welfare State Been Reluctant? | p. 347 |
| Policy Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future | p. 372 |
| Name Index | p. 391 |
| Subject Index | p. 394 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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