The welfare debate /
Greg M. Shaw.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
- 1 online resource (xix, 190 pages) : illustrations.
- Historical guides to controversial issues in America, 1541-0021 .
- Historical guides to controversial issues in America. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index.
Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- The early American roots of welfare -- Controlling the poor in nineteenth-century America -- From mothers' pensions to a troubled aid to dependent children program -- The rise and fall of the war on poverty -- The 1970s and 1980s--backlash and an emerging neoconservative consensus -- The end of welfare entitlement -- A new world of welfare -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Time line of significant developments in American social welfare provision -- Appendix 2: Annotated list of further readings -- Bibliography -- Index.
A political scientist and public-opinion analyst illuminates the shifting perceptions and moral constants that have governed the welfare debate in America since the earliest days of European settlement.