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| Introduction: Politics, Rationalism, and Social Welfare Policy | |
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| Politics and the Policymaking Process | |
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| Analyzing, Implementing, and Evaluating Social Welfare Policy | |
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| Politics and the History of Social Welfare Policy | |
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| Ending Poverty: Is It An Issue Anymore? | |
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| Preventing Poverty: Social Insurance and Personal Responsibility | |
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| Disability Policy: From Public Assistance to Civil Rights | |
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| Helping Needy Families: An End to Welfare as We Knew It | |
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| Financing Healthcare: Can All Americans Be Insured? | |
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| Preventing Poverty: Education and Employment policy | |
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| Providing Social Services: Help for Children, Older Americans, and Individuals with Mental and Substance Use Disorders | |
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| the Challenges of a Diverse Society: Gender and Sexual Orientation | |
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| the Challenges of a Diverse Society: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration | |
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| Conclusion: Politics, Rationalism, and the future of Social Welfare Policy | |
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| Introduction: Politics, Rationalism, and Social Welfare Policy | |
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| Social Welfare Policy: A Political Approach | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Politics and the Policymaking Process | |
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| The Policymaking Process | |
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| Financing the Welfare State | |
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| Summary | |
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| Analyzing, Implementing, and Evaluating Social Welfare Policy | |
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| The Politics of Policy Analysis | |
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| The Politics of Policy Implementation | |
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| Evaluating Social Policy | |
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| Summary | |
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| Politics and the History of Social Welfare Policy | |
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| The Early History of Social Welfare Policy in America | |
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| The Great Depression and FDR's New Deal | |
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| LBJ and the War on Poverty | |
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| More Expansion of Social Welfare | |
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| The Reagan and Bush Years | |
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| The Presidential Years of Bill Clinton | |
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| The George W. Bush Presidency | |
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| Barack Obama's Presidency: Year One | |
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| Summary | |
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| Ending Poverty: Is It An Issue Anymore? | |
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| What Is Poverty? | |
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| Why Are the Poor, Poor? | |
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| The Politics of Hunger | |
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| The Politics of Affordable Housing | |
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| Poor and Homeless: Not Invisible Any More | |
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| A Fundamental Shift | |
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| Summary | |
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| Preventing Poverty: Social Insurance and Personal Responsibility | |
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| Preventing Poverty through Compulsory Savings | |
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| Social Security: the World's Largest Social Welfare Program | |
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| Social Security's Goals: Adequacy, Equity, and Efficiency | |
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| Saving Social Security | |
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| Public Policy and Private Pensions | |
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| Unemployment Insurance | |
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| Workers' Compensation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Disability Policy: From Public Assistance to Civil Rights | |
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| A Fair Definition, A Fair Policy | |
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| Public Assistance for the "Deserving Poor" | |
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| Veterans Administration Disability System | |
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| Disability and Work | |
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| The Era of Civil Rights for Individuals with Disabilities | |
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| Disability Policy for Children | |
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| Disability Policy for the Future | |
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| Summary | |
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| Helping Needy Families: An End to Welfare as We Knew It | |
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| From Mothers' Aid to AFDC | |
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| Making Parents Pay: A History of Child Support Enforcement | |
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| Benefits of Child Support | |
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| Child Support Enforcement Agency's Services | |
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| Effectiveness of Child Support Enforcement | |
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| State Compliance and CSE Privatization | |
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| The Reincarnations of Welfare and Work | |
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| Why the Fuss about Welfare? | |
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| Has Welfare as We Knew It Ended? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Financing Healthcare: Can All Americans Be Insured? | |
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| Healthcare: Crossroads of Politics and Social Welfare Policy | |
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| Good Health or Medical Attention? | |
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| How Americans Pay for Healthcare | |
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| What Ails Healthcare? | |
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| Incrementalism and the 2009-2010 Effort for Universal Healthcare | |
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| Meanwhile, Back at the States | |
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| Healthcare: More Ethical Dilemmas | |
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| Summary | |
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| Preventing Poverty: Education and Employment Policy | |
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| Education for the Few or the Many? | |
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| Public Education: the Progressive Era to World War II | |
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| The Post World War II Era: Increased Federal Involvement in Education | |
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| Was Thirty Years of Education Reform Necessary? | |
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| Education and the Obama Administration | |
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| Federal Reluctance in Employment Policy | |
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| Reluctance Overcome: the New Deal | |
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| The War on Poverty: the Search for a Cure | |
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| Minimum Wages and Living Wages | |
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| Economic Crisis and the Obama Stimulus Plan | |
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| Summary | |
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| Providing Social Services: Help for Children, Older Americans, and Individuals with Mental and Substance Use Disorders | |
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| Social Services in the United States | |
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| Child Welfare Policy and Services | |
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| Social Services for Older Americans | |
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| Social Services for Individuals with Mental and Substance Use Disorders | |
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| Summary | |
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| the Challenges of a Diverse Society: Gender and Sexual Orientation | |
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| The Feminization of Poverty | |
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| The Wage Gap and Comparable Worth | |
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| Women in Political Office | |
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| Resuscitating the Equal Rights Amendment | |
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| Family Care | |
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| No Middle Ground on Abortion Rights | |
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| Confronting Violence against Women | |
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| A New Era for Gay Rights | |
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| Summary | |
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| the Challenges of a Diverse Society: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration | |
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| Racial Equality: How Far Have We Come? | |
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| The Civil Rights Acts | |
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| School Desegregation | |
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| Housing and Racial Discrimination | |
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| Affirmative Action | |
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| Voting Rights | |
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| Troubles in Indian Country | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Targeting | |
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| Immigration and Social Welfare | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conclusion: Politics, Rationalism, and the Future of Social Welfare Policy | |