The reluctant welfare state : engaging history to advance social work practice in contemporary society /
Jansson, Bruce S.,
The reluctant welfare state : engaging history to advance social work practice in contemporary society / Bruce S. Jansson, University of Southern California. - Ninth edition. - Australia : Cengage, 2019. - xvi, 608 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. - Empowerment series . - Brooks/Cole empowerment series. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part 1. Becoming a policy advocate for vulnerable populations
The symbiotic and uneasy relationship: clients, social workers, and the welfare state
Making the American welfare state more human-past, present, and future
Part 2. Social policy in a developing nation
Fashioning a new society in the wilderness
Part 3. Social policy during a transition to an industrial nation
Social welfare polity in the 19th century: 1789-1902
Social reform in the Progressive Era
Part 4. Social policy in a relatively liberal era
Social policy to address the worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history
The era of federal social services: The new frontier and the Great Society
The paradoxical era: 1968-1980
Part 5. Social policy in the period of conservative backlash
The conservative counterrevolution in the era of Reagan and G.H.W. Bush
Part 6. The period of gridlock and extreme inequality
Reluctance illustrated: Policy uncertainty during the presidency of Bill Clinton
George W. Bush's quest for realignment
Would President Barack Obama reverse the cycle of history?
President Donald Trump: Populist or conservative?
Why has the American welfare state been reluctant-and what can we do about it?
1337565636 9781337565639
Public welfare
Public welfare.
Social conditions.
Social policy.--History.--United States
United States--Social policy.
United States--Social conditions.
United States.
History.
306.097 / JAN
The reluctant welfare state : engaging history to advance social work practice in contemporary society / Bruce S. Jansson, University of Southern California. - Ninth edition. - Australia : Cengage, 2019. - xvi, 608 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. - Empowerment series . - Brooks/Cole empowerment series. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part 1. Becoming a policy advocate for vulnerable populations
The symbiotic and uneasy relationship: clients, social workers, and the welfare state
Making the American welfare state more human-past, present, and future
Part 2. Social policy in a developing nation
Fashioning a new society in the wilderness
Part 3. Social policy during a transition to an industrial nation
Social welfare polity in the 19th century: 1789-1902
Social reform in the Progressive Era
Part 4. Social policy in a relatively liberal era
Social policy to address the worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history
The era of federal social services: The new frontier and the Great Society
The paradoxical era: 1968-1980
Part 5. Social policy in the period of conservative backlash
The conservative counterrevolution in the era of Reagan and G.H.W. Bush
Part 6. The period of gridlock and extreme inequality
Reluctance illustrated: Policy uncertainty during the presidency of Bill Clinton
George W. Bush's quest for realignment
Would President Barack Obama reverse the cycle of history?
President Donald Trump: Populist or conservative?
Why has the American welfare state been reluctant-and what can we do about it?
1337565636 9781337565639
Public welfare
Public welfare.
Social conditions.
Social policy.--History.--United States
United States--Social policy.
United States--Social conditions.
United States.
History.
306.097 / JAN