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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... ment of the existing native labor force . Further , there was the sudden proliferation of sectarian and lay relief societies all struggling to exist as well as to meet the needs of their clientele . Finally , there was the frustration ...
... ment . Since 1946 , the federal government had committed itself to pursuing maxi- mum employment policies , a pledge it had reiterated with the passage of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978. Yet , with Paul Volker as ...
... ment contributed 21 percent of total governmental outlays for social welfare . By 1970 , the federal share had risen to more than 50 percent . It peaked at 63 percent in 1984 and by 1990 had dropped to just under 60 percent . With ...