Welfare in America
William Plowden, 11 July 1991
American Social Welfare Policy: A Structural Approach
by Howard Karger and David Stoesz.
Longman, 371 pp., £18.95, November 1990,0 8013 0193 9 Show More
by Howard Karger and David Stoesz.
Longman, 371 pp., £18.95, November 1990,
America’s Misunderstood Welfare State
by Theodore Marmor, Jerry Mashaw and Philip Harvey.
Basic Books, 268 pp., $22.95, October 1990,9780465001224 Show More
by Theodore Marmor, Jerry Mashaw and Philip Harvey.
Basic Books, 268 pp., $22.95, October 1990,
“... confronting the same facts, reflect and may reinforce the change of mood described above. Marmor, Mashaw and Harvey’s excellent book begins with the statement: ‘This book has a simple message: America’s social welfare efforts are taking a bum rap.’ They continue: ‘The vision of social welfare policy generated during these two decades has often been ... ”
