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Moral Authority, Ideology, and the Future of American Social Welfare
By Andrew W. Dobelstein
304 pages
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- Westview Press
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- Boulder, CO
- Publication year:
- 1999
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Tables and Figures ix
- Acronyms xi
- Preface xiii
- 1 - The Challenges of Welfare in America Today 1
- Notes 21
- 2 - Family and Religious Values in Welfare Ethics 23
- Conclusion 50
- Notes 53
- 3 - Transforming Ideology into Welfare 55
- Conclusion 82
- 4 - Welfare's Political Framework 87
- Conclusion 112
- Notes 113
- 5 - The Evolution of America's Present-Day Welfare Policies and Programs 115
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Tables and Figures ix
- Acronyms xi
- Preface xiii
- 1 - The Challenges of Welfare in America Today 1
- Notes 21
- 2 - Family and Religious Values in Welfare Ethics 23
- Conclusion 50
- Notes 53
- 3 - Transforming Ideology into Welfare 55
- Conclusion 82
- 4 - Welfare's Political Framework 87
- Conclusion 112
- Notes 113
- 5 - The Evolution of America's Present-Day Welfare Policies and Programs 115
- Conclusion 157
- Notes 158
- 6 - American Ideologies: Liberalism, Its Limitations and Potential 161
- Conclusion 180
- Notes 181
- 7 - American Ideologies: Capitalism, Economics Without Ethics 183
- Conclusion 208
- Notes 209
- 8 - American Ideologies: Positivism, the Belief System of Social Science 213
- Conclusion 242
- 9 - A New Paradigm for American Social Welfare 245
- Conclusion 264
- Notes 266
- Appendix A: the Organization and Reorganization of Federal Welfare Administration 267
- Appendix B: Titles of the Joint Economic Committee Studies in Public Welfare, Volumes 1-20 273
- Index 275