A New History of Social Welfare

by Day, Phyllis J.

• ISBN13: 9780136134404
• ISBN10: 0136134408
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-11-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Values in Social Welfare	p. 1
Values in Social Welfare	p. 2
American Social Values	p. 4
Issues of Discrimination	p. 12
Conclusion: Values and Power	p. 23
Notes	p. 24
The Institution of Social Welfare	p. 27
The Meaning of Social Institution	p. 27
Perspectives on Social Welfare	p. 33
The Scope of Social Welfare	p. 40
The Profession of Social Work	p. 46
Conclusion: Social Work and Social Control	p. 50
Notes	p. 51
The Beginnings of Social Welfare: Political Economy and Early Societies	p. 54
Prehistory and Social Welfare to 6000 B.C.	p. 54
The Beginnings of History: 6000-3000 B.C.	p. 57
Invasion, Conquest, and Patriarchal Religion	p. 60
Moving into the Iron Age: 1200-400 B.C.	p. 63
Greece, Christianity, and the Roman Empire	p. 67
Conclusion: Beginnings of Charity and Control	p. 78
Notes	p. 79
Feudalism and the Welfare State	p. 82
The Dark and Middle Ages	p. 82
The Dissolution of Feudalism	p. 92
Poverty Becomes a Crime	p. 96
The Protestant Reformation: New Meanings for Work and Welfare	p. 98
Social Welfare in England: The Tudor Period	p. 103
The Industrial Revolution and the Emergence of Capitalism	p. 109
Conclusion: Reifying the Values of the Past	p. 114
Notes	p. 115
The Other Side of the World	p. 119
The Indigenous Peoples of America	p. 120
The European Invasion	p. 123
Social Welfare in the Colonies	p. 135
Slavery in the Americas	p. 142
Toward the Revolution	p. 146
The New Nation and Its Constitution	p. 147
Conclusion: Revolution to Status Quo	p. 149
Notes	p. 150
America to the Civil War	p. 153
The First Civil Rights Movement	p. 153
Private Philanthropy	p. 158
Government Responses	p. 163
Social Treatment in the 1800s	p. 167
Nonwhite Minorities: Expendable Commodities in the New Nation	p. 175
The Women's Movement in the 1800s	p. 185
Conclusion: Working Toward Freedom	p. 188
Notes	p. 189
The American Welfare State Begins	p. 192
The Civil War: A New Nation Emerges	p. 193
After the Civil War	p. 196
Postwar Political Economy	p. 197
Population, Immigration, and the People	p. 200
"True Womanhood"	p. 207
Emerging Philosophies and Social Welfare	p. 211
Public Welfare Efforts	p. 221
Professionalization of Social Work	p. 224
Conclusion: Moving Toward Reform	p. 225
Notes	p. 227
The Progressive Era, War, and Recovery	p. 231
The Progressive Era	p. 231
Population Movements and Immigration	p. 234
Oppression of African and Native Americans	p. 237
Labor and the Unions	p. 240
Social Welfare in the Progressive Era	p. 243
Women's Movements and Peace Protests	p. 255
The Professionalization of Social Work	p. 261
Conclusion: New Freedoms and Old Constraints	p. 262
Notes	p. 263
The Great Depression and Social Security for Americans	p. 267
The Great Depression	p. 268
Social Insurance in the United States	p. 276
Programs of Social Insurance Based on the Social Security Act	p. 279
Public Assistance Programs of the Social Security Act	p. 282
The Professionalization of Social Work	p. 286
World War II	p. 288
The Resurgence of Social Work	p. 297
Conclusion: Moving Toward the Future	p. 301
Notes	p. 302
Civil and Welfare Rights in the New Reform Era	p. 306
The State of the Nation Under Eisenhower	p. 308
Social Programs in the 1950s	p. 309
Civil Rights Before Kennedy	p. 312
Civil Rights in the Kennedy Years	p. 318
Johnson and the Great Society	p. 319
Civil Rights in the Kennedy-Johnson Years	p. 325
Social Programs in the Kennedy-Johnson Years	p. 329
Welfare, Civil Rights, and the Social Work Profession	p. 336
Conclusion: Looking Back on the 1960s	p. 338
Notes	p. 340
The Return to the Past	p. 343
A Retreat from the Welfare State	p. 343
Social Programs in the 1970s	p. 346
Civil Rights in the 1970s	p. 356
Conclusion: Tightening the Reins	p. 368
Notes	p. 369
The Reactionary Vision	p. 372
Biting the Conservative Bullet	p. 372
Reaganomics: The Conservative Political Economy	p. 374
The New Federalism	p. 376
Pruning the Programs	p. 380
Basic Needs Programs	p. 387
Civil Rights Under Reagan and Bush	p. 394
The Costs of Social Welfare	p. 398
The International Element	p. 399
Conclusion: Past Ideology in a Postindustrial World	p. 400
Notes	p. 402
The Synergistic Cycle	p. 406
The New Synergy of Values	p. 406
Economic Context of the 1990s	p. 409
The Decline of Social Responsibility: Welfare as We Knew It	p. 410
Supplemental Security Income	p. 426
Social Issues	p. 438
Affirmative Action and Civil Rights	p. 442
Welfare for the Wealthy and Corporate Welfare	p. 446
Conclusion: Futureword	p. 455
Notes	p. 458
Bibliography	p. 467
Index	p. 481
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