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 Stateschronicles the major turning points in the seventy-year history of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Illuminating policy debates, shifting demographics, institutional change, and the impact of social movements, this book serves as an essential guide to the history of the nation's most controversial welfare program.
Table of Contents
List of Documents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: AFDC in the early years: 1930s and 1940s
Chapter 2: New Debates about Welfare, Motherhood, and Work: 1950s and Early 1960s
Chapter 3: Welfare Rights and Welfare Reform in the 1960s and 1970s
Chapter 4: The End of Welfare as We Knew It: 1980s and 1990s
Introduction to Documents
Documents
Bibliography
Permissions Acknowledgments
Index
Documents
1 Mothers Aid, 1931
2 The Social Security Act
3 Bonita Golda Harrison, Social Security: What Does it Mean for the Negrló
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