Developing Social Welfare Policy for the Twenty-First Century
Buch, Englisch, 201 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 3747 g
ISBN: 978-1-137-48547-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us
This book attributes American poverty to consequences 19th Century social welfare policies within an economy stretching to meet its 21st Century economic potential, arguing that American poverty persists as economic and political structures have moved into the world of fiscal planning but social welfare remains in its Depression-era structure.
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Research
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
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Contents Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION - POVERTY - AMERICA'S SHAME
1. Poverty's Elusive Heredity 2. A New Capitalist Order Needs a New Social Welfare Mandate PART II: THE CASH SUPPORT PROGRAMS: NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES
3. The Social Insurances 4. The Cash Support Assistance Programs 5. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Earned Income Tax Credit PART III: INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE AMERICAN ECONOMY TO REDUCE POVERTY
6. Developing a New Social Welfare Structure Bibliography
