Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need"Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need, Sixth Edition" describes and analyzes the ideas that have shaped the history of social welfare from the Colonial Period to the present day. Using original documents from each respective period through the current Bush Administration, this classic text examines the history of events and ideas that have shaped American social welfare policy. Coverage of economic developments, the impact of voluntarism, the impact of privatization helps students to understand the context of social welfare movements and policies, while material on trends in the justice system include the immigration debate New To This Edition
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... legislation of the States . The whole field of public beneficence is thrown open to the care and culture of the Federal Government . Generous impulses no longer encounter the limitations and control of our imperious fundamental law ...
... legislation represents a markedly different response to perceived social problems in the post - Civil War era . New York's legislation to provide relief for indigent servicemen and their families is an example of one state's special ...
... legislation af- fecting children . " 38 The bureau's investigations bolstered the report of the secretary of labor as to the need for child protections , and further efforts to obtain federal reg- ulation of child welfare followed . The ...