E-Book, Englisch, 201 Seiten, eBook
Dobelstein Poverty in the United States
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-47663-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
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Developing Social Welfare Policy for the Twenty-First Century
E-Book, Englisch, 201 Seiten, eBook
ISBN: 978-1-137-47663-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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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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