Title The oxford handbook of U.S. social policy / edited by Daniel Béland, Kimberly J. Morgan, and Christopher Howard

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Oxford Handbooks Oxford handbooks. Contents Introduction -- The fragmented American welfare state : putting the pieces together -- Historical development -- Social provision before the twentieth century -- The progressive era -- The great depression and World War II -- From the fair deal to the great society -- The U.S. welfare state since 1970 -- A cross-national perspective on the American welfare state -- Theories -- Cultural influences on social policy development -- Political institutions and U.S. social policy -- Political parties and social policy -- Interest groups -- Constituencies and public opinion -- Race and ethnicity in U.S. social policy -- Gender -- Programs for the elderly -- Social security -- Private pensions -- Medicare -- Long term care for the elderly -- Programs for the poor and near-poor -- Medicaid -- Temporary assistance for needy families -- The politics of supporting low-wage workers and families -- Food assistance programs and food security -- Public housing and vouchers -- Programs for the disabled -- Social security disability insurance and supplemental security income -- Workers' compensation -- Programs for workers and families -- Unemployment insurance -- Care and work-family policies -- Home ownership policy -- Private health insurance : tax breaks, regulation, and politics -- Pension and he -- Social programs for soldiers and veterans -- Policy outcomes -- Poverty -- Inequality -- Citizenship Summary This handbook provides a survey of the American welfare state. It offers an historical overview of U.S. social policy from the colonial era to the present, a discussion of available theoretical perspectives on it, an analysis of social programmes, and on overview of the U.S. welfare state's consequences for poverty, inequality, and citizenship Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Public welfare -- United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services. Public welfare Social conditions Social policy Sozialpolitik Verzorgingsstaat. Sociale politiek. SUBJECT United States -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547 United States -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140511 Subject United States USA Verenigde Staten. Genre/Form Handboeken (vorm) Form Electronic book Author Béland, Daniel, editor. Morgan, Kimberly J., 1970- editor. Howard, Christopher, 1961- editor. ISBN 9780199838516 0199838518 9780199984954 0199984956

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