Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; 1. The Structure of Social Welfare; 2. Commercialization of the Social Market; 3. Personal Social Services: Caring for Profit; 4. Income Maintenance: Indirect Methods and Private Obligations; 5. Asset Maintenance: The Special Case of Farm Welfare; 6. Health Care: Cost Containment and the Service Ethos; 7. Housing: A Joint Venture; 8. The Enabling State: Public Support for Private Responsibility; 9. Implications for the Comparative Study of Social Welfare; Appendix; Index
Summary
Studies of the welfare state have formed an important part of public policy research in the USA since World War II. This volume examines and reconsiders the scope of social welfare transfers, how they are delivered, and whom they benefit
