Karger, Howard Jacob <br/><br/>
American social welfare policy  a pluralist approach 
Howard Jacob Karger, David Stoesz. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Boston  Pearson/A and B  c2005. 
 - xv, RN-69, 537 p.  ill.  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1: American social welfare policy -- Social policy and the American welfare state -- Social welfare policy research: A framework for policy analysis -- Technology and social policy -- Discrimination in American society -- Poverty in America -- pt. 2: The voluntary and for-profit social sectors -- The voluntary sector today -- Privatization and human service corporations -- pt. 3: The government sector -- The making of governmental policy -- Tax policy and income distribution -- Social insurance programs -- Public assistance programs -- The American health care system -- Mental health and substance abuse policy -- Criminal justice -- Child welfare policy -- Housing policies -- The politics of food policy and rural life -- pt. 4: The welfare state in perspective -- The American welfare state in international perspective. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0205420737 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004559166 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public welfare--United States<br/>Welfare state
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV95  / .K354 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.973  / K1836a4