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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... percent of the population . But again , there was a differential be- tween the progress of whites and nonwhites . The 17.5 million whites counted poor in 1970 represented 10 percent of all whites in the population ; the 8 million ...
... percent . It rose to 15.2 percent during the Reagan recession of 1982-1983 . Indeed , by 1990 , 33.6 million people were counted poor - 32 percent more than in 1970 . Second , the distribution of poverty was far from random . On the ...
... percent and means - tested benefits by almost 25 percent . In contrast , federal taxes increased the gap slightly . Despite the positive impact of the earned income tax credit ( a wage sup- plement for the working poor ) , federal taxes ...