Washington's New Poor Law
Subtitle: Welfare Reform and the Roads Not Taken, 1935 to the Present
Publisher: Apex Pr
Published: October 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9780945257837
Subjects: Poverty; Welfare & benefit systems; Public welfare; Federal aid to public welfare; Social Science; Welfare recipients; Politics/International Relations; USA; 20th century; Employment; Social Work; History; United States
First sentence: In August 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act (SSA), the cornerstone of the American welfare state.