Book of Donmon Teith

This volume places the welfare debates of the 1980s in the context of past patterns of U.S. policy, such as the Social Security Act of 1935, the failure of effo

It is a commonplace that the United States lagged behind the countries of Western Europe in developing modern social policies. But, as Theda Skocpol shows in th

Health care, welfare, Social Security, employment programs--all are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the United States. In

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A critical analysis of the political roles and impact of social services in the United States, assessing their influence on the values, structures, and human be