The state of welfare / Gilbert Y. Steiner.

Author
Steiner, Gilbert Y. (Gilbert Yale), 1924-2006 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington : Brookings Institution, 1971.
Description
viii, 346 pages ; 24 cm

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      Critical inquiry into change and stability in social policy concerning welfare, social security and other anti-poverty programmes in the USA - covers political aspects of social reforms, financial aspects and administrative aspects of family benefits, housing assistance, the elimination of slums, nutrition and anti-hunger programmes, pension schemes, veterans benefits, old age benefits, survivors benefits, disability benefits, health insurance, etc. References.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references.
      Contents
      • Crude and subtle relief systems
      • Tireless tinkering with dependent families
      • Old data, new men
      • Thirty years of public housing
      • Tenants and landlords
      • Stamps for the hungry
      • Veterans' relief: separate and unequal
      • Organizing welfare clients
      • The substance and strategy of reform.
      ISBN
      • 0815781229
      • 9780815781226
      • 0815781210
      • 9780815781219
      LCCN
      70150952
      OCLC
      135085
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