01696nam a2200277Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001700071020001500088040002500103043001200128050002100140082002500161100003200186245009300218250001200311260003600323300003600359504005100395505083900446650004101285650002501326651004101351700002601392272072OCoLC20160527194501.0041108s2005    maua     b    001 0 eng    a  2004559166  a0205420737  aDLCcDLCdOUBdOCLCQ  an-us---00aHV95b.K354 200500a361.973bK1836a42221 aKarger, Howard Jacob2Local10aAmerican social welfare policyba pluralist approachcHoward Jacob Karger, David Stoesz.  a4th ed.  aBostonbPearson/A and Bcc2005.  axv, RN-69, 537 p.bill.c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 apt. 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. 0aPublic welfarezUnited States2Local 0aWelfare state2Local 0aUnited StatesxSocial policy.2Local1 aStoesz, David.2Local