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Protecting Soldiers and Mothers : the Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PREFACE; CONTENTS; Introduction Understanding the Origins of Modern Social Provision in the United States; Part I A Precocious Social Spending Regime; Chapter 1 Patronage Democracy and Distributive Public Policies in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 2 Public Aid for the Worthy Many: The Expansion of Benefits for Veterans of the Civil War; Part II The Failure of a Paternalist Welfare State; Chapter 3 Reformist Professionals as Advocates of Workingmen's Insurance; Chapter 4 Help for the "Army of Labor"? Trade Unions and Social Legislation.
- Chapter 5 Progressive Era Politics and the Defeat of Social Policies for Workingmen and the ElderlyPart III Foundations for a Maternalist Welfare State?; Chapter 6 Expanding the Separate Sphere: Women's Civic Action and Political Reforms in the Early Twentieth Century; Chapter 7 Safeguarding the "Mothers of the Race": Protective Legislation for Women Workers; Chapter 8 An Unusual Victory for Public Benefits: The "Wildfire Spread" of Mothers' Pensions; Chapter 9 Statebuilding for Mothers and Babies: The Children's Bureau and the Sheppard-Towner Act.
- Conclusion America's First Modern Social Policies and Their LegaciesAppendix 1 Percentages of the Elderly in the States and the District of Columbia Receiving Civil War Pensions in 1910; Appendix 2 Endorsements of Mothers' Pensions by Women's Groups: Sources for Table 9 and Figure 27; Notes; Index.