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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... wages . The ability of industrial giants to manipulate labor was enhanced by the presence of a large reserve labor force willing to work for lower wages . The financial problems of working people were aggravated by the conviction among ...
... wages and working hours and their meaning for family welfare . In The Family and the Woman's Wage , she challenges the depth of the value placed on the home as " the fundamental thing in our national life . ” Her point is that truly ...
... wages and projects ) Work relief wages in cash or in kind are to be interpreted as follows : ( 1 ) All work relief wages shall be based upon the relief need of the individual and / or his dependents.1 ( 2 ) The rate of wages should be a ...