Safety Net: Welfare and Social Security 1929-1979 - Couverture rigide

Coll, Blanche D

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813521599 ISBN 13 : 9780813521596

Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, Blanche Coll documents the evolution of the federal and state government policymaking for welfare and Social Security, our "safety net." As Coll points out, the policies that determine who is "entitled" to aid, how standard dollar amounts are set, child support responsibilities, the equitable fiscal division between state, federal, and local governments, and the resulting impact on the poorÐÐparticularly women and children of all racesÐÐhave fluctuated throughout the history of welfare.

Coll shows how demographic patterns, the definition of a family, the relative health of the economy, and Presidents' political agendas all deeply affect the system of entitlements to Social Security and welfare, the kernal of the American welfare state.

Safety Net is the only comprehensive history of modern welfare in the United States. Clearly written and unpolemical, it is based on a wealth of primary sources, interviews with key policymakers, and the authoritative analysis of a trained historian who served as a research administrator in the federal government through Democractic and Republican administrations. Saftey Net will be indispensable reading for everyone concerned with contemporary debates about welfare and Social Security.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Blanche D. Coll is a consultant and historian residing in Washington, D.C. who has worked in the federal government since 1946. She is also author of Perspectives in Public Welfare: A History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rutgers University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813521599
• ISBN 13: 9780813521596
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible