Social Policy in the United States

by Skocpol, Theda

• ISBN13: 9780691037868
• ISBN10: 0691037868
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-02-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction American Social Policies: Future Possibilities in Historical Perspective	3	(8)
State Formation and Social Policy in the United States	11	(26)
America's First Social Security System: The Expansion of Benefits for Civil War Veterans	37	(35)
Gender and the Origins of Modern Social Policies in Britain and the United States	72	(64)
Gretchen Ritter
The Road to Social Security	136	(31)
G. John Ikenberry
Redefining the New Deal: World War II and the Development of Social Provision in the United States	167	(42)
Edwin Amenta
The Limits of the New Deal System and the Roots of Contemporary Welfare Dilemmas	209	(19)
``Brother Can You Spare a Job?'' Work and Welfare in the United States	228	(22)
Targeting within Universalism: Politically Viable Policies to Combat Poverty in the United States	250	(25)
Is the Time Finally Ripe? Health Insurance Reforms in the 1990s	275	(18)
From Social Security to Health Security?	293	(20)
Conclusion Remaking U.S. Social Policies for the 21st Century	297	(16)
Index	313