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
Students, study smarter--not harder--with these grade-boosting supplements from Allyn & Bacon! Instructors, give your students the extraordinary benefits of these study aids by ordering them packaged with this Allyn & Bacon text. Contact your Allyn & Bacon representative for ordering information. The Career Center |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 85
... workers and expanded the number of workers covered by old age insurance . The formula for calculating benefits was adjusted to become more redistributive in its structure . A long liberalizing swing began , which retained the connection ...
... workers who had urged so- cial reform through social insurance and to those who urged reform through the professionalization of relief giving . The early years of the depression were ones during which social workers clari- fied their ...
... workers found themselves working without fringe benefits . The risks of displacement were higher . More workers found themselves permanently working in " temporary " jobs . Thus , even as incomes went up and unemployment declined ...