Title America's welfare state : from Roosevelt to Reagan / Edward D. Berkowitz.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	361.973 B513A	Check Shelf

Description	xxii, 216 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	The American moment
	American moment.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.
Contents	The Social Security Crisis -- Inventing Social Security, 1935 -- The Triumph of Social Security, 1936-1954 -- The Day of Reckoning -- The Frustrations of Welfare Reform -- Welfare's State, 1935-1967 -- Welfare Restated, 1967-1988 -- The Mirage of National Health Insurance -- Medicare and Health Policy, 1935-1989 -- Long-Term Care of the Welfare State.
Summary	Social welfare policy in the United States has gone from controversy in the 1930s, to consensus at mid-century, and back to controversy and confusion in the late twentieth century. In America's Welfare State, Edward Berkowitz offers a concise and informative historical overview of this costly and often frustrating area of domestic policy.
Subject	Social security -- United States.
	Public welfare -- United States.
	Medical care -- United States.
	Medicare -- history. (DNLM)D006278Q000266
	Social Security -- history. (DNLM)D012943Q000266
	Social Welfare -- history. (DNLM)D012946Q000266
	United States. (DNLM)D014481
	Medical care. (OCoLC)fst01013753
	Public welfare. (OCoLC)fst01083250
	Social security. (OCoLC)fst01123077
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Soziale Sicherheit (DE-588)4055732-7
	United States (DE-588)4078704-7
	Verzorgingsstaat.
	Sociale zekerheid.
	Welzijnsbeleid.
	United States.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1935-1988.
	Geschichte 1935-1989.
	Geschichte 1935-1988
	Geschichte 1935-1989
Indexed Term	Welfare services Policies Of Government
	United States
Other Form:	Online version: Berkowitz, Edward D. America's welfare state. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1991 (OCoLC)654590749
ISBN	0801841275
	9780801841279
	0801841283 (pbk.)
	9780801841286 (pbk.)

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