TY  - BOOK
AU  - DiNitto,Diana M
AU  - Cummins,Linda K
TI  - Social Welfare: politics and public policy : with research navigator / GSC001946
SN  - 0205503470
U1  - 361.6130973 Sixth Edition
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Pearson/Allyn and Bacon
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and Public Policy
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Rationalism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Politics, rationalism, and social welfare -- Government and social welfare -- Defining poverty: where to begin -- Preventing poverty: the social insurance programs -- Helping the "deserving poor": aged, blind, and disables -- Ending welfare as we knew it: temporary assistance for needy families -- Fighting hunger, fighting fat: nutrition policy and programs in the United States -- Improving healthcare: treating the nation's ills -- Changing paradigms: the poverty wars -- Providing social services: help for children, the elderly, and individuals with mental illness -- Addressing civil rights and social welfare: the challenges of a diverse society -- Implementing and evaluating social welfare policy: what happens after a law is passed
N2  - "Social welfare: politics and public policy is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand introduction to the social welfare system and social welfare policy"--Cover
ER  -