Protecting Soldiers and Mothers : The Political Origins of Social Policy in United States
Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Introduction Understanding the Origins of Modern Social Provision in the United States -- Part I A Precocious Social Spending Regime -- Chapter 1 Patronage Democracy and Distributive Public Policies in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 2 Public Aid for the Worthy Many...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
1992
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| Schlagworte: | Public welfare Public welfare ; United States ; History ; 19th century Public welfare ; United States ; History ; 20th century USA Sozialpolitik Geschichte 1880-1990 |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (736 pages) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Introduction Understanding the Origins of Modern Social Provision in the United States""; ""Part I A Precocious Social Spending Regime""; ""Chapter 1 Patronage Democracy and Distributive Public Policies in the Nineteenth Century""; ""Chapter 2 Public Aid for the Worthy Many: The Expansion of Benefits for Veterans of the Civil War""; ""Part II The Failure of a Paternalist Welfare State""; ""Chapter 3 Reformist Professionals as Advocates of Workingmen's Insurance""; ""Chapter 4 Help for the “Army of Labor�? Trade Unions and Social Legislation""
- ""Chapter 5 Progressive Era Politics and the Defeat of Social Policies for Workingmen and the Elderly""""Part III Foundations for a Maternalist Welfare State?""; ""Chapter 6 Expanding the Separate Sphere: Women's Civic Action and Political Reforms in the Early Twentieth Century""; ""Chapter 7 Safeguarding the “Mothers of the Race�: Protective Legislation for Women Workers""; ""Chapter 8 An Unusual Victory for Public Benefits: The “Wildfire Spread� of Mothers' Pensions""; ""Chapter 9 Statebuilding for Mothers and Babies: The Children's Bureau and the Sheppard-Towner Act""
- ""Conclusion America's First Modern Social Policies and Their Legacies""""Appendix 1 Percentages of the Elderly in the States and the District of Columbia Receiving Civil War Pensions in 1910""; ""Appendix 2 Endorsements of Mothers' Pensions by Women's Groups: Sources for Table 9 and Figure 27""; ""Notes""; ""Index""