Safety net :
Coll, Blanche D.
Safety net : welfare and social security, 1929-1979 / Blanche D. Coll. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1995. - 1 online resource (xiii, 347 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.
Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, Blanche Coll documents the evolution of federal and state government policymaking for welfare and Social Security, our "safety net." As Coll points out, the policies that determine who is "entitled" to aid, how standard dollar amounts are set, child support responsibilities, the equitable fiscal division between state, federal, and local governments, and the resulting impact on the poor - particularly women and children of all races - have fluctuated throughout the history of welfare. Coll shows how demographic patterns, the definition of a family, the relative health of the economy, and Presidents' political agendas all deeply affect the system of entitlements to Social Security and welfare, the kernel of the American welfare state.
English.
0585080240 9780585080246 0813521599 9780813521596 081358566X 9780813585666
94032737
Public welfare--History.--United States
Social security--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Services.
Public welfare.
Social security.
Bijstand.
Sociale verzekeringen.
Social Welfare & Social Work - General.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HV91 / .C66 1995eb
361.973
Safety net : welfare and social security, 1929-1979 / Blanche D. Coll. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, �1995. - 1 online resource (xiii, 347 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.
Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, Blanche Coll documents the evolution of federal and state government policymaking for welfare and Social Security, our "safety net." As Coll points out, the policies that determine who is "entitled" to aid, how standard dollar amounts are set, child support responsibilities, the equitable fiscal division between state, federal, and local governments, and the resulting impact on the poor - particularly women and children of all races - have fluctuated throughout the history of welfare. Coll shows how demographic patterns, the definition of a family, the relative health of the economy, and Presidents' political agendas all deeply affect the system of entitlements to Social Security and welfare, the kernel of the American welfare state.
English.
0585080240 9780585080246 0813521599 9780813521596 081358566X 9780813585666
94032737
Public welfare--History.--United States
Social security--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Services.
Public welfare.
Social security.
Bijstand.
Sociale verzekeringen.
Social Welfare & Social Work - General.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HV91 / .C66 1995eb
361.973