Title: To promote the general welfare
Description: Lost in all the Tea Party rage and rhetoric is this simple fact: the federal government plays a central role in making our society function, and it always has. The essays in this volume explore the many ways government programs have improved the quality of life in America. From education, communication, and transportation to arts and culture, housing, finance, and public health, they explore how and why government programs originated, how they have worked and changed-- and been challenged-- since their inception, and why many of them are important to preserve.
Subjects: Politics and government, Social policy, Public welfare, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Social Services & Welfare, Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Sociology & Social History, Social Conditions, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Public welfare, united states, United states, social policy, United states, politics and government, 21st century
Places: United States
Time periods: 21st century