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Welfare in the United States: A History with Documents, 1935-1996
Premilla Nadasen
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Description for Welfare in the United States: A History with Documents, 1935-1996
Paperback. A guide to the history of the American welfare program. Editor(s): Nadasen, Premilla; Mittelstadt, Jennifer; Chappell, Marisa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 black & white tables, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Welfare has been central to a number of significant political debates in modern America:
- What role should the government play in alleviating poverty?
- What does a government owe its citizens, and who is entitled to help?
- How have race and gender shaped economic opportunities and outcomes?
- How should Americans respond to increasing rates of single parenthood?
- How have poor women sought to shape their own lives and influence government policies?
With a comprehensive introduction and a well-chosen collection of primary documents, Welfare in the United States chronicles the major turning points in the seventy-year history of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Illuminating ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415989794
SKU
V9780415989794
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About Premilla Nadasen
Premilla Nadasen is Visiting Associate Professor and Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies at Brooklyn College. She is the author of Welfare Warriors: The Welfare Rights Movement in the United States (Routledge). Jennifer Mittelstadt is Assistant Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Penn State University. She is the author of From Welfare to Workfare: The Unintended Consequences of ... Read more
Reviews for Welfare in the United States: A History with Documents, 1935-1996
Eileen Boris, History/Women’s Studies, UCSB: ""Terrific and needed. We just don’t have a book like this that presents welfare from multiple perspectives, including social movement and reform, but also social science and administrative, policy, and governmental. The authors are the people to do this, as their careful choice of documents suggests….I could have used this book for my Women’s Labors ... Read more