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Each chapter concludes with Conclusion Discussion Questions and Notes | |
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Preface | |
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American Social Welfare Policy | |
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Social Policy and the American Welfare State | |
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Definitions of Social Welfare Policy | |
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Social Problems and Social Welfare Policy | |
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Social Work and Social Policy | |
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Values, Ideology, and Social Welfare Policy | |
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The Political Economy of American Social Welfare | |
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The U.S. Economic Continuum | |
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Keynesian Economics | |
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Conservative or Free Market Economics | |
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Democratic Socialism | |
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The U.S. Political Continuum | |
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Liberalism and Left-of-Center Movements | |
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Classical Conservatives and the Far Right | |
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The Welfare Philosophers and the Neoconservative Think Tanks | |
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Social Welfare Policy Research: a Framework for Policy Analysis | |
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A Proposed Model for Policy Analysis | |
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Historical Background of the Policy | |
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Problem(s) That Necessitate the Policy | |
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Policy Description | |
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Policy Analysis | |
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Researching and Analyzing Social Policies | |
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Social Policy Research and the Internet | |
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Journals and Online Research | |
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Online Data Collection | |
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Ethical Concerns Related to Online Research Involving Human Subjects | |
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Finding and Accessing Online Information | |
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Citing and Documenting Information Obtained Online | |
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Evaluating Reliable and Legitimate Internet Sources | |
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Electronic Journals: An Increasingly Popular Venue | |
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Online Publishing | |
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Religion and Social Welfare Policy | |
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Religious Antecedents of Welfare Statism | |
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The English Poor Laws | |
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Church, State, and Social Welfare in Colonial America | |
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The Second Great Awakening | |
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The Civil War Era | |
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The Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries | |
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The Rise Of Social Work As A Profession | |
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Urban Needs During Industrialization | |
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Charity Organization Societies | |
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Settlement Houses | |
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The Social Casework Agency | |
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The Progressive Movement | |
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Religion and the Post-Industrial Welfare State | |
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The Fundamentalist Controversy and Its Aftermath | |
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The Great Depression and New Deal | |
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Patterns of Religious Change | |
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Religion and the New Media | |
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Secularization | |
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The Reawakening of a Religious Social Conscience and the Great Society | |
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The Continuing Decline of Mainline Influence | |
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The New Christian Right | |
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Discrimination in American Society | |
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Discrimination | |
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Racism | |
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The Minority Middle Class | |
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Discrimination against African Americans | |
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The "Diswelfare" of African Americans | |
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Hispanic Americans | |
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The Demography of Hispanic Americans | |
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Hispanic Poverty and Income | |
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Diversity in the Hispanic Population | |
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Native Americans | |
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Asian Americans | |
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Immigrants and Immigration | |
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Women and Society | |
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Violence and Sexism | |
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The Feminization of Poverty | |
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Women and Low-Income Work | |
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Women and Work | |
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Income and Job Disparities between Men and Women | |
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Day Care: A Barrier to Female Employment | |
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Women in Uniform | |
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Other Obstacles Faced by Working Women | |
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Fighting Back: The Equal Rights Amendment and Comparable Worth | |
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Abortion and Women's Rights | |
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Gays and Lesbians: Two Populations at Risk | |
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Violence against Gays and Lesbians | |
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Gay Rights | |
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Gay and Lesbians in the Military | |
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Gay and Lesbian Family Life | |
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AIDS and the Gay Community | |
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Ageism | |
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The Elderly Poor and Social Programs | |
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Health Care and the Elderly | |
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People with Disabilities | |
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Legal Attempts to Remedy Discrimination | |
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Affirmative Action | |
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Poverty in America | |
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Some Theoretical Formulations about Poverty | |
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African Americans and Poverty | |
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The Culture of Poverty | |
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Eugenics and Poverty | |
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The Radical School and Poverty | |
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Who Make Up the Poor? | |
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U.S. Poverty Highlights | |
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Measuring Poverty | |
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Families and Poverty | |
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Child Support Enforcement | |
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Children in Poverty | |
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Poverty and the Elderly | |
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The Urban and Rural Poor | |
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Work and Poverty | |
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A Profile of the Working Poor | |
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Why Are There Working Poor? | |
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Underemployment and Unemployment | |
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Job Training Programs | |
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Dual Labor Markets | |
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The Minimum Wage and Poverty | |
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Strategies Developed to Combat Poverty | |
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IDAs | |
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Three Approaches to Combat Poverty | |
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The Digital Divide | |
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America's Fringe Economy | |
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The Unbanked and the Functionally Poor | |
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Credit and the Poor | |
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The Furniture and Appliance Rental Industry | |
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Cash Loans | |
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Pawnshops | |
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Car Title Pawns | |
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Payday Loans | |
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Tax Refund Loans (RALs) | |
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Check-Cashing | |
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Transportation in the Fringe Economy | |
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The Voluntary And For-Profit Social Sectors | |
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The Voluntary Sector Today | |
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Structural Interests within Social Welfare | |
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Traditional Providers | |
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Welfare Bureaucrats | |
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Clinical Entrepreneurs | |
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Human Service Executives | |
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Marginal Interests | |
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The Forgotten Sector | |
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Advancing Social Justice | |
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Contemporary Nonprofit Human Service Organizations | |
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The United Way | |
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Elite Philanthropy | |
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The Future of the Voluntary Sector | |
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Commercialization | |
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Faith-Based Social Services | |
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Social Entrepreneurship | |
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Privatization and Human Service Corporations | |
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Concerns about Privatization | |
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Privatizing Public Welfare | |
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Issues in the Privatization of Health and Human Services | |
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Commercialization | |
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Preferential Selection | |
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Cost-Effectiveness | |
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Standardization | |
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Oligopolization | |
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The Challenge of Privatization | |
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Unions and the Private Sector | |
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Corporate Welfare | |
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History of the Corporate Sector | |
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Corporate Social Responsibility | |
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Corporate Influence on Social Welfare Policy | |
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The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) | |
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The Heritage Foundation | |
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The Future of Corporate Involvement in Social Welfare | |
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Human Service Corporations | |
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The Scope of Human Service Corporations | |
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Consolidation and Growth in Human Service Markets | |
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Nursing Homes | |
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Hospital Management | |
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Health Maintenance Organizations | |
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Child Care | |
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Home Health Care | |
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Corrections | |
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Life Care and Continuing Care | |
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The Government Sector | |
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The Making of Governmental Policy | |
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Technical Aspects of the Policy Process | |
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A Critical Analysis of the Policy Process | |
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The Policy Process | |
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Social Stratification | |
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Formulation | |
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Legislation | |
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Implementation | |
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Evaluation | |
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Non-Decision Making | |
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Social Workers and Social Reform | |
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Social Work and Advocacy Organizations | |
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Advocacy Organizations and the New Policy Institutes | |
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Political Practice | |
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Tax Policy and Income Distribution | |
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History of U.S. Tax Policy | |
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Tax Policy and Special Interests | |
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Federal Tax Policy | |
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The Efficiency of Tax Policy in Reducing Poverty | |
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Tax Expenditures as Poverty Policy | |
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The Antitax Movement | |
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Social Insurance Programs | |
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Definition of Social Insurance | |
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The Background of Social Insurance | |
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The Financial Organization of Social Insurance | |
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Key Social Insurance Programs | |
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OASDI | |
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Unemployment Insurance | |
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Workers' Compensation | |
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The Social Security Dilemma | |
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Arguments against the Current Social Security System | |
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Arguments for the Current Social Security System | |
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Social Security in Trouble | |
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The Long-Term Prospects for Social Security | |
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Proposed Solutions for Social Security | |
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Should We Privatize Social Security? | |
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Public Assistance Programs | |
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Some Assumptions That Underlie Public Assistance | |
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Myths about Public Assistance | |
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Aid to Families with Dependent Children | |
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The Evolution of the AFDC Program | |
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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 | |
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Has the PRWORA Worked? | |
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Proposed Changes in the TANF Program | |
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Supplemental Security Income | |
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General Assistance | |
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Trends and Issues in Public Assistance | |
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Transforming Public Assistance Policy into Labor Policy | |
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Teenage Pregnancy | |
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The Underclass | |
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Welfare Behaviorism | |
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Welfare to Work | |
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The Inadequacy of Public Assistance Benefits | |
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Appendix: Highlights of Selected State Welfare Demonstration Projects, 2000 | |
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The American Health Care System | |
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The Uninsured | |
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The Organization of Medical Services | |
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Major Public Health Care Programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and S-CHIP | |
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Medicare | |
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Medicaid | |
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The State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) | |
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The Tobacco Settlement | |
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The Health Care Crisis | |
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Overview of U.S. Health Care Expenditures | |
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U.S. Health Care in International Perspective | |
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Explaining the High Cost of U.S. Health Care | |
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Hospital Costs | |
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Physicians' Salaries | |
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The Pharmaceutical Industry | |
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Cutting Health Care Costs | |
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Managed Care | |
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The Underinsured | |
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AIDS and Health Care | |
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Reforming U.S. Health Care | |
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Socialized Medicine | |
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National Health Insurance | |
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Incremental Reform | |
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Comparative Analysis: Health Care in Canada and Britain | |
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The Canadian Health Care System | |
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Britain's National Health Service | |
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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Policy | |
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Mental Health Reform | |
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The Community Mental Health Centers Acts | |
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Deinstitutionalization | |
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The Revolving Door | |
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CMHCs under Siege | |
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Preventive Commitment | |
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Mental Health Service Delivery | |
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Parity for Mental Health Care | |
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Substance Abuse | |
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History of Substance Abuse | |
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Alcohol Abuse | |
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Drug Abuse | |
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Private Practice and Mental Health Services | |
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Private Practice in Social Work | |
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The Business of Private Practice | |
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The Future of the Private Sector | |
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Criminal Justice | |
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History of U.S. Criminal Justice | |
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The Criminal Justice System | |
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Juvenile Justice | |
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The War on Drugs | |
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The Underclass and "Moral Poverty" | |
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Legalization of Drugs | |
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The "New Penology" | |
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The Future of Criminal Justice | |
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Child Welfare Policy | |
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History of U.S. Child Welfare Policy | |
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Protective Services for Children | |
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Foster Care for Children | |
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Adoption | |
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Head Start | |
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Emerging Issues in Child Welfare | |
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Day Care | |
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Maternal and Child Health | |
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Teen Pregnancy | |
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Housing Policies | |
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Overview of Housing Legislation | |
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The Federal Government and Low-Income Housing Programs | |
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Issues in Housing Policy | |
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Trends in U.S. Housing | |
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Problems in Home Ownership | |
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Problems in Finding Affordable Rental Housing | |
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Other Factors Affecting Housing | |
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Homelessness | |
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Characteristics of the Homeless Population | |
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Trends in Homelessness | |
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Attempts to Address Homelessness | |
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Housing Reform | |
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The Politics of Food Policy and Rural Life | |
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Hunger in the United States | |
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The Face of American Hunger | |
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Governmental Food Programs | |
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A Short History of Food Stamps and a Description of the Program | |
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Food Stamps: Who Is in the Program and What Does It Cost? | |
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) | |
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Other Food Programs | |
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Have the Food Programs Worked? | |
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Farming in the United States | |
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Governmental Farm Policies | |
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The Face of U.S. Farming | |
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Farmworkers | |
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Who Are America's Farmworkers? | |
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Issues in American Farming | |
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The Corporatization of American Farming | |
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Sustainable Agriculture | |
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The American Welfare State In Perspective | |
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The American Welfare State in International Perspective | |
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Typologies of Welfare States | |
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American Exceptionalism | |
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The Welfare State in Transition | |
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Ranking National Development | |
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The Weighted Index of Social Progress | |
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The Human Development Index | |
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Capability Poverty | |
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International Aid | |
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Global Capital | |
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The Future | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |