This important and timely work provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the American welfare system from an economic, legal, historical, and policy perspective. This volume reviews the historical origins of the American welfare system, the Constitutional development of welfare law and entitlements, and the economic structure and effects of welfare based on a large national data set covering the period 1979 through 1990. The book includes policy analyses and recommendations for reform. The scope of coverage and currency of this volume makes it an indispensable reference work for policymakers, students, scholars, and analysts of welfare.
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This important and timely work provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the American welfare system from an economic, legal, historical, and policy perspective.
The Origins of the American Welfare System The Child and the American Welfare State by John Drew The New View of the Child by John Drew Progressive Priorities by John Drew Child Labor and the Mothers' Pension Movement by John Drew The Democratization of Outdoor Relief by John Drew Child Labor and Southern Patriotism by John Drew Farm Labor and "City-Centered" Child Welfare by John Drew The Case of Mothers' Pensions in Memphis by John Drew The Child and the State by John Drew The Structure and Effects of Welfare The Structure and Effects of the American Welfare System by Howard Gensler Behavioral Effects from Welfard by Howard Gensler Reform by Howard Gensler Welfare Policy: Point and Counterpoint by Eric Schansberg Bibliography Index
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This important and timely work provides a comprehensive overview of the American welfare system from an economic, legal, historical, and policy perspective.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780275952044
Publisert
1996-03-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
312

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Biographical note

HOWARD GENSLER is presently a lecturer in Accounting at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He holds degrees from the University of California at Irvine and Berkeley.