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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... moved away from the use of almshouses toward an income ap- proach based upon the social necessity of giving and receiving cash relief . The prominence of Northern social welfare leaders tended to obscure emerg- ing efforts to meet needs ...
... moved closer to revolutionary positions ; some moved further away from an in- terest in social action . All were subject to the threatening atmosphere created by the investigations and raids of U.S. Attorney General Mitchell Palmer ...
... moved away from providing relief for families , vol- untary family agencies moved to the further development of highly skilled " casework treatment to assist individuals in removing their own handicaps . " 102 The Freudian symbiotic tie ...