The reluctant welfare state : engaging history to advance social work practice in contemporary society / Bruce S. Jansson, University of Southern California.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Brooks/Cole empowerment seriesPublication details: Australia : Cengage, 2019.Edition: Ninth editionDescription: xvi, 608 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:

1337565636
9781337565639

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Genre/Form:

History.

DDC classification:

306.097 23 JAN

Contents:

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?

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	306.097 JAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		49473

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?

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