The welfare debate

The welfare debate /

Presents a history of public welfare in the United States, from its roots in the colonial era through the beginning of the twenty-first century, discussing such topics as the War on Poverty and the end of welfare entitlement.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shaw, Greg M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Series:Historical guides to controversial issues in America
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States.
Public welfare > United States > History.
Public welfare.
Social policy.
Armut
Sozialhilfe
Sozialpolitik
Asistencia pública > Estados Unidos.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Social policy > History.
United States.
USA.
Estados Unidos > Política social > Historia.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The early American roots of welfare
  • Controlling the poor in nineteenth-century America
  • From mothers' pensions to a troubled Aid to Dependent Children program
  • The rise and fall of the war on poverty
  • The 1970s and 1980s--backlash and an emerging neoconservative consensus
  • The end of welfare entitlement
  • A new world of welfare
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix 1: Time line of significant developments in American social welfare provision
  • Appendix 2: Annotated list of further readings
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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