Includes bibliographical references (page 102) and index.
Contents
Why welfare? -- Key players in welfare debate -- Origins of welfare in the United States -- Federal welfare and policy changes -- 1990's: new welfare reforms -- The welfare controversy today -- Key questions in the welfare debate -- Welfare strategies -- Challenges to resolving the debate -- Moving forward.
Summary
Discusses the origins of federal welfare in the U.S. and its effects on society, the policy changes it has undergone, new reforms of the 1990s, strategies and key players in the debate, and challenges that confront resolution of the issue.