Introduction: The Meaning of the German Welfare State -- 1. Religion, Socialism, and State Welfare in the Weimar Republic -- 2. The Welfare System in the Neighborhoods: Professionals and Volunteers -- 3. The Gender of Welfare: Women and Social Work -- 4. Becoming a Welfare Client -- 5. Pensioners in the Welfare System -- 6. Weimar Women on Welfare -- 7. The State as Parent? Youth Welfare and German Families -- 8. The Weimar Welfare State's Last Crisis, 1929-1933 -- 9. Hungry and Homeless in the Depression -- 10. "Welfare Is the Preservation of Labor Power": Unemployment and Work Relief -- Conclusion: Toward the Nazi Racial State
Summary
A study of the welfare system in the Weimar Republic. Crew examines both high-level policy and ordinary Germans' daily experiences and encounters with the welfare state. One of the pillars of the Weimar social republic, the collapse of the welfare system is shown to have speeded the rise of the Nazi racial state after 1933
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-275) and index
