Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; 1. The Structure of Social Welfare; 2. Commercialization of the Social Market; 3. Personal Social Services: Caring for Profit; 4. Income Maintenance: Indirect Methods and Private Obligations; 5. Asset Maintenance: The Special Case of Farm Welfare; 6. Health Care: Cost Containment and the Service Ethos; 7. Housing: A Joint Venture; 8. The Enabling State: Public Support for Private Responsibility; 9. Implications for the Comparative Study of Social Welfare; Appendix; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Studies of the welfare state have formed an important part of public policy research in the USA since World War II. This volume examines and reconsiders the scope of social welfare transfers, how they are delivered, and whom they benefit.
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Title
Enabling state.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Human services-- United States.
Public welfare-- United States.
Welfare state.
Aide sociale-- États-Unis.
État providence.
Services sociaux-- États-Unis.
Human services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.