The President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, Background Notes
Author: United States President of the United States
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 478
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Author: United States President of the United States
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 478
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Published: 1970
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States President of the United States
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 334
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 472
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James T. Patterson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-07-01
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0674041941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition of Patterson's widely used book carries the story of battles over poverty and social welfare through what the author calls the "amazing 1990s," those years of extraordinary performance of the economy. He explores a range of issues arising from the economic phenomenon--increasing inequality and demands for use of an improved poverty definition. He focuses the story on the impact of the highly controversial welfare reform of 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Democratic President Clinton, despite the laments of anguished liberals.
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 350
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Felicia Ann Kornbluh
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780812240054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Battle for Welfare Rights chronicles an American war on poverty fought first and foremost by poor people themselves. It tells the fascinating story of the National Welfare Rights Organization, the largest membership organization of low-income people in U.S. history. It sets that story in the context of its turbulent times, the 1960s and early 1970s, and shows how closely tied that story was to changes in mainstream politics, both nationally and locally in New York City.Welfare was one of the most hotly contested issues in postwar America. Bolstered by the accomplishments of the civil rights movement, NWRO members succeeded in focusing national attention on the needs of welfare recipients, especially single mothers. At its height, the NWRO had over 20,000 members, most of whom were African American women and Latinas, organized into more than 500 local chapters. These women transformed the agenda of the civil rights movement and forged new coalitions with middleclass and white allies. To press their case for reform, they used tactics that ranged from demonstrations, sit-ins, and other forms of civil disobedience to legislative lobbying and lawsuits against government officials.Historian Felicia Kornbluh illuminates the ideas of poor women and men as well as their actions. One of the primary goals of the NWRO was a guaranteed income for every adult American. In part because of their advocacy, this idea had a surprising range of supporters, from conservative economist Milton Friedman to liberal presidential candidate George McGovern. However, by the middle 1970s, as Kornbluh shows, Republicans and conservative Democrats had turned the proposal and its proponents into laughingstocks.The Battle for Welfare Rights offers new insight into women's activism, poverty policy, civil rights, urban politics, law, consumerism, social work, and the rise of modern conservatism. It tells, for the first time, the complete story of a movement that profoundly affected the meaning of citizenship and the social contract in the United States.
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 736
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReviews objectives and operations of welfare systems at national and municipal levels.
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 462
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John E. Tropman
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-09-17
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 1483153134
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStrategic Perspectives on Social Policy is a collection of readings that provide insights into social policy processes, analysis, and implication. The goal is to locate social policy within a context that suggests the possibility of a wider array of choices for the policymakers. The distinction between social policy and social program is given emphasis. This book has 14 chapters divided into four sections. The first section deals with the relation between politics and policy, with emphasis on the link between social science and social policy as well as on the influence of social values on the direction of policy. The next section illustrates some of the critical skills and technologies that may be used to facilitate the process of making choices and decisions. Topics covered include policy research and analysis; the development and structuring of policy; policy purveyance and implementation; and assessment and evaluation of policy. The chapters that follow explore some of the more important contexts of the ""loci"" of social change, along with the kinds of mechanisms that may be used to make choices operational. This monograph is intended for policymakers and others interested in the policy-making process, as well as for students and teachers in the areas of political science, sociology, social work, public policy, and social planning.