Moral Authority, Ideology, And The Future Of American Social Welfare
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Acronyms -- Preface -- 1 The Challenges of Welfare in America Today -- Frank and Joan -- Social Welfare in the 1990s: Same Old Problems? -- How Welfare Plays Out in the American System -- Efforts to Define Welfare -- Poverty and Welfare -- The Working Poor—the Welfare Concern for the 1990s -- The Historical Foundation of Welfare -- Welfare Economics -- Welfare Professionalization -- Welfare Implications -- Notes -- 2 Family and Religious Values in Welfare Ethics -- A Word About Values -- Ethics -- Ideologies -- Values Important for American Welfare Policy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Transforming Ideology into Welfare -- Welfare's Value Paradigm -- Organizing Welfare -- The Model for Charity Organization Societies -- Mary Richmond and the Development of Modern Social Work -- The Social Reformers -- Professional Welfare: The Social Security Act -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Welfare's Political Framework -- The Shift Begins -- Political Foundations -- The Welfare Shifts of the 1960s -- Welfare Directions Today -- The Federal Administration of Welfare -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 The Evolution of America's Present-Day Welfare Policies and Programs -- Philosophical Conflicts -- Intergovernmental Relations -- Insurance Programs -- Assistance Programs -- Other Welfare Programs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 American Ideologies: Liberalism, Its Limitations and Potential -- Historic Liberalism -- Liberalism in the American Experience -- The Liberal Environment for Welfare Policy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 American Ideologies: Capitalism, Economics Without Ethics -- The Ideology and Ethics of Capitalism -- The Economics of Capitalism: Microeconomics -- The Economics of Capitalism: Macroeconomics -- Conclusion -- Notes