Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need (Connecting Core Competencies) - Softcover

Stern, Mark J.; Axinn, June

9780205063239: Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need (Connecting Core Competencies)

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ISBN 10: 0205063233 ISBN 13: 9780205063239

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

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Stern, Mark J., Axinn, June J.

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This book describes and analyzes the ideas that have shaped the history of social welfare from the Colonial Period to the present day.

Provides a history of events and ideas that have shaped American social welfare policy, using original documents from each respective period. Coverage of economic developments also helps to understand the context of social welfare movements and policies.

For anyone interested in the history of social welfare.

About the Author:

Mark Stern is professor of social welfare and history and co-director of the Urban Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania. He has authored or co-authored five books, including One Nation Divisible: What America Was and What It Is Becoming (co-authored with Michael B. Katz).

Before her death, June Axinn was professor emeritus of social welfare at the University of Pennsylvania.

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