Full Description
The Power of Policy: The Past, Present and Future is a historically-organized core textbook that identifies thematic connections between the history of U.S. social welfare policy and issues related to today's social welfare environment, with an eye toward the future. Key historical developments demonstrate how history has influenced today's institutions, laws, and systems.
Contents
1. Understanding Social Welfare Policy: An Introduction
2. The Origins of Social Welfare Policy
3. The Colonial Period 1600-1775
4. The New Nation 1775-1860
5. The Civil War and Its Aftermath 1861-1880
6. The Early Progressive Era and the Beginning of Social Work 1880-1910
7. The Late Progressive Era 1911-1929
8. The Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II 1929-1945
9. Post World War II and Social Change 1945-1970
10. Steps Forward, Steps Backward 1970s, 80s, and 90s
11.Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium
12. Looking Ahead
Index
