public welfare

Probes the English origins and the development of public welfare in America and exmaines current reforms and trends.

A woman who grew up in the blighted Bronx during the 1960s offers a memoir of poverty, abuse, and the welfare system, describing a world of urban decay, rampant crime, race riots, white flight, alcohol and drugs, and her own difficult struggle to achieve self-sufficiency.

Provides an overview of the history of welfare and welfare reform in the United States, shares opinions on the topic, and includes a look at welfare law, a chronology, biographical profiles, a glossary, and a guide to further research.

Examines the current state of welfare policy in the United States, focusing on how policies have changed since President Bill Clinton's Personal Responsibility Act was passed in 1996.

A collection of articles debating issues related to poverty in America.

An anthology presenting opposing viewpoints on the theory of socialism.

Explores what Americans in general think about the poor--their images of poverty, their beliefs about its causes, and their notions of what the government's response to poverty should or should not be; and argues that cynical views of welfare and its recipients are permeated by racist beliefs.