Alice O Connor: 2 books
Poverty Knowledge
Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Progressive-era "poverty warriors" cast poverty in America as a problem of unemployment, low wages, labor exploitation, and political disfranchisement. In the 1990s, policy specialists made "dependency" the issue and crafted incentives to get people off welfare. Poverty Knowledge...
With Us Always
A History of Private Charity and Public Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 1998
Although welfare reform is currently the government's top priority, most discussions about the public's responsibility to the poor neglect an informed historical perspective. This important book provides a crucial examination of past attempts, both in this country and abroad, to balance the efforts...