Autore	Ehrenreich John <1943->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 1985
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina	361.3/0973
Soggetto topico	Social service - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8014-7122-2 1-322-52238-3 0-8014-7123-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Origins of American Social Policy -- 2. Casework and the Emergence of Social Work as a Profession -- 3. The Construction of the Welfare State -- 4. The Crisis in Social Work, 1929-1945 -- 5. Social Policy in the Affluent Society, 1945-1960 -- 6. Kennedy, Johnson, and the Great Society -- 7. A House Divided: The Second Crisis in Social Work, 1960-1980 -- 8. The Next Phase -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453513603321

Autore	Patterson James T
Edizione	[New ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2000
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiv, 312 p.)
Disciplina	361.610973
Altri autori (Persone)	PattersonJames T
Soggetto topico	Public welfare - United States - History - 20th century Poverty - Government policy - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-674-04194-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Preface, 2000 -- Preface, 1994 -- Preface, 1985 -- Preface, 1981 -- Contents -- I The Preventive Impulse, 1900-1930 -- 1 Snapshots of the Poor -- 2 The Gospel of Prevention, Progressive Style -- II Coping and Rehabilitation, 1930-1960 -- 3 The Poor in the Depression -- 4 The Early Welfare State -- 5 Withering Away -- III Doors to Opportunity, 1960-1965 -- 6 The Rediscovery of Poverty -- 7 A Culture of Poverty? -- 8 Girding for War on Poverty -- 9 OEO: A Hand Up, Not a Handout -- IV The Unsung Revolution, 1965-1973 -- 10 The Revolution in Social Welfare -- 11 The Welfare Explosion -- 12 Floors and Doors -- V Reactions, 1980-2000 -- 13 Stalemate -- 14 Regression in the Early 1980s -- 15 Welfare Reform: No Consensus -- 16 The Amazing 1990s -- Notes -- Resources -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454828403321

Autore	Yamin Priscilla
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (223 p.)
Disciplina	306.810973
Collana	American governance : politics, policy, and public law
Soggetto topico	Marriage - Political aspects - United States - History Marriage law - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-89908-6 0-8122-0664-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Marriage as a Political Institution -- I. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 1. The "Duties as Well as Privileges of Freedom" -- Chapter 2. "What Constitutes a Valid Marriage?" -- II. THE LONG CULTURE WARS -- Chapter 3. "Marriage Is One of the Basic Civil Rights of Man" -- Chapter 4. "Marriage Is the Foundation of a Successful Society" -- Chapter 5. "We're in a Battle for the Soul of the Nation" -- Conclusion: "Is There Hope for the American Marriage?" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463581203321

Autore	Moreno Paul D. <1965->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xvi, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	306.0973
Soggetto topico	Progressivism (United States politics)
ISBN	1-107-06553-4 1-107-05699-3 1-107-05814-7 1-107-05946-1 1-139-50769-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1. The post-war Constitution -- 2. The judiciary and private rights -- 3. Crisis of 1890s -- 4. The new jurisprudence -- 5. The due process dialectic -- 6. Toward a Federal police power -- 7. Rooseveltian progressivism -- 8. The Lochner incident -- 9. Court and Constitution in crisis -- 10. Taft and the Republican crack-up -- 11. Wilsonian progressivism -- 12. The new freedom -- 13. The new Wilson -- 14. The Great War -- 15. The return of the regular Tepublicans -- 16. The Taft court -- 17. The last progressive -- 18. The hundred days -- 19. To the brink -- 20. The Second New Deal -- 21. The court fight -- 22. The abortive Third New Deal -- 23. The New Deal court.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462593303321

Autore	Reese Ellen <1969->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (374 p.)
Disciplina	362.5/568/0973
Soggetto topico	Public welfare - United States - History Welfare recipients - Employment - United States Aid to families with dependent children programs Single mothers - Government policy - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-77184-1 9786612771842 0-520-93871-2 1-59875-520-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450356003321