The American Welfare System: Origins, Structure, And Effects [Hardcover]

This important and timely work provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the American welfare system from an economic, legal, historical, and policy perspective. This volume reviews the historical origins of the American welfare system, the Constitutional development of welfare law and entitlements, and the economic structure and effects of welfare based on a large national data set covering the period 1979 through 1990. The book includes policy analyses and recommendations for reform. The scope of coverage and currency of this volume makes it an indispensable reference work for policymakers, students, scholars, and analysts of welfare.HOWARD GENSLER is presently a lecturer in Accounting at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He holds degrees from the University of California at Irvine and Berkeley.

The Origins of the American Welfare System
The Child and the American Welfare State by John Drew
The New View of the Child by John Drew
Progressive Priorities by John Drew
Child Labor and the Mothers' Pension Movement by John Drew
The Democratization of Outdoor Relief by John Drew
Child Labor and Southern Patriotism by John Drew
Farm Labor and City-Centered Child Welfare by John Drew
The Case of Mothers' Pensions in Memphis by John Drew
The Child and the State by John Drew
The Structure and Effects of Welfare
The Structure and Effects of the American Welfare System by Howard Gensler
Behavioral Effects from Welfard by Howard Gensler
Reform by Howard Gensler
Welfare Policy: Point and Counterpoint by Eric Schansberg
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Index