Beschreibung:
Social welfare activities stand at the heart of the modern democratic state. This study analyzes the development of social welfare policy in modern America, beginning with a critical assessment of the dominant progressive and social control theoretical perspectives.
Westview Special Studies -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives on Social Welfare Policy -- Origins of the "Third Psychiatric Revolution": The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 -- Public Policies for a Graying America: Medicare, the Older Americans Act, Social Security, and Supplemental Security Income -- Responding to the New Dependency: The Family Assistance Plan of 1969 -- Toward a Theory of Policy Change -- Postscript: Reagan's Social Welfare Policies