TY - BOOK AU - Day,Phyllis J. TI - A new history of social welfare SN - 9780205624157 AV - HN57 .D33 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Pearson/Allyn and Bacon KW - Social policy KW - Public welfare KW - History N1 - Includes index; Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Preface --
Chapter One -- Values in Social Welfare 1 -- Values in Social Welfare 3 -- What Are Values? 4 -- Foundations of Charity and Control 4 -- American Social Values 5 -- Judeo-Christian Charity Values 6 -- Democratic Egalitarianism and Individualism 6 -- The Protestant Work Ethic and Capitalism 7 -- Social Darwinism 8 -- The New Puritanism 9 -- Patriarchy 10 -- White Privilege 11 -- Marriage and the Nuclear Family 12 -- The ¿American Ideal¿: ¿Looksism¿ and ¿Otherism¿ 13 -- Issues of Discrimination 14 -- Classism and Poverty 14 -- Institutional Discrimination 20 -- Conclusion: Values and Power 25 -- Study Questions 26 -- Suggested Exercises 27 -- Notes 27 --
Chapter Two -- The Institution of Social Welfare: An Overview 30 -- The Meaning of Social Institution 30 -- The Economy 31 -- The Polity 33 -- The Family and Religion 33 -- Social Welfare 34 -- Perspectives of Social Welfare 36 -- The Residual Perspective 37 -- The Institutional Perspective 38 -- Newer Perspectives in Social Welfare 40 -- The Scope of Social Welfare 44 -- Life Necessity Services: Overview 45 -- Educational, Recreational, or Rehabilitative Services: Overview 47 -- Protective or Custodial Services: Overview 49 -- Personal Social Services: Overview 50 -- The Profession of Social Work 50 -- The Emergence of the Profession 53 -- Conclusion: Social Work and Social Control 55 -- Study Questions 56 -- Suggested Exercise 57 -- Notes 58 --
Chapter Three -- The Beginnings of Social Welfare 60 -- Prehistory and Social Welfare to 6000 B.C.E. 61 -- The Beginnings of History: 6000¿1200 B.C.E. 63 -- Africa: Birthplace of Humankind 64 -- Mesopotamia in the Bronze Age: to 1200 B.C.E. 65 -- Invasion, Conquests, and Patriarchal Religion 66 -- The Israelite Influence 67 -- Moving in the Iron Age: 1200¿400 B.C.E. 70 -- The Dynasties of China 72 -- India and the Caste System 71 -- Greece Christianity, and the Roman Empire 73 -- Greece and the City¿States 73 -- Early Roman Society and the Beginnings of Christianity 77 -- Jesus and the New Religion 80 -- State and Church in Rome 82 -- Conclusion: Beginnings of Charity and Control 84 -- Study Questions 85 -- What to Know More? 86 -- Notes 86 --
Chapter Four -- Feudalism and the Welfare State 89 -- The Dark and Middle Ages 90 -- The Feudal Society 94 -- The Scientific Revolution 95 -- The Church and Social Welfare 97 -- Forms of Private Welfare 99 -- The Dissolution of Feudalism 100 -- The Black Death and the Witchcraze 101 -- The Commercial Revolution 105 -- The Protestant Reformation: New Meanings for Work and Welfare 106 -- Lutheranism, Calvinism, and the Work Ethic 106 -- Women Under Protestantism 107 -- Social Welfare and Work Morality 108 -- Social Welfare in England: The Tudor Period 110 -- The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 111 -- Almhouses for the Impotent Poor 112 -- Dependent Children 113 -- Sturdy Beggars: The Able-Bodied Poor 113 -- Prisons 114 -- Overview of Social Welfare in England 115 -- The Industrial Revolution and the Emergence of Capitalism 116 -- The Emergence of Capitalism 116 -- The Industrial Revolution and the New Poor Law 118 -- Conclusion: Reifying the Values of the Past 120 -- Study Questions 121 -- Notes 122 --
Chapter Five -- Social Welfare Moves to the Americas 126 -- The Indigenous Peoples of America 129 -- The European Invasion of North America 131 -- The French in the New World 135 -- The Spanish in the New World 136 -- The Dutch in North America 138 -- The English in New England 139 -- Work in North America 141 -- The Practice of Indenture 141 -- Women in the Colonies 143 -- Social Welfare in the Colonies 146 -- Early American Poor Laws 146 -- Private Philanthropy 151 -- Slavery in the Americas 151 -- The Golden Triangle and the Triangular Trade 153 -- Toward the Revolution 155 -- Women in the Revolution 156 -- The New Nation and Its Constitution 157 -- Conclusion: Revolution to Status Quo 159 -- Study Questions 159 -- Want to Know More? 160 -- Notes 160 --
Chapter Six -- America to the Civil War 164 -- The First Civil Rights Movement 165 -- Immigration and Migration 166 -- Employment and Unionization 168 -- Private Philanthropy 170 -- Religions Answers to Poverty 170 -- Social Reform Ideals 171 -- The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor 173 -- Special-Interest Charities 174 -- Government Responses 174 -- Outdoor Relief 178 -- Social Treatment in the 1800s 178 -- Medical Care and General Hospitals 178 -- Mental Hospitals and Psychiatry 180 -- Education 182 -- Care of Blind, Deaf, and Developmentally Disabled People 183 -- Social Control 184 -- Juvenile Justice System 184 -- Adult Criminals and Penitentiaries 185 -- Nonwhite Minorities: Expendable Commodities in the New Nation 186 -- Native Americans: A Case of Genocide 186 -- Chinese in America 189 -- The Constitutions of People of African Descent 190 -- Hispanic Americans 195 -- The Women¿s Movement in the 1800s 197 -- Conclusion: Working Toward Freedom 199 -- Study Questions 200 -- Suggested Exercise 201 -- Want to Know More? 201 -- Notes 201 --
Chapter Seven -- The American Welfare System Begins 205 -- The Civil War: A New Nation Emerges 207 -- Charity in the Civil War 209 -- After the Civil War 210 -- The Freedmen¿s Bureau 210 -- Services for Veterans 211 -- Postwar Political Economy 211 -- Labor and Unionization 212 -- Population, Immigration, and the People 214 -- White Immigration, African American Immigration 214 -- Asian Immigrants 215 -- Native Americans After the War 216 -- Emancipation and the Plight of the Freedmen 218 -- ¿True Womanhood¿ 221 -- Emerging Philosophies and Social Welfare 224 -- Social Darwinism and the Charity Organization Society 225 -- Private Interest Agencies 228 -- Populism and the Settlement House Movement 229 -- Child-Saving 231 -- Public Welfare Efforts 234 -- Professionalism of Social Work 237 -- Conclusion: Moving Toward Reform 238 -- Study Questions 239 -- Want to Know More? 240 -- Notes 240 --
Chapter Eight -- The Progressive Era, War, and Recovery 244 -- The Progressive Era 245 -- Population Movements and Immigration 249 -- Immigration Acts 249 -- Oppression of African Americans and Native Americans 251 -- African American Leaders 252 -- Native Americans 255 -- Labor and the Unions 256 -- Women and Unions 256 -- Social Welfare in the Progressive Era 258 -- Reforms for Children 260 -- Medical and Psychiatric Social Work 264 -- Veterans¿ Welfare 266 -- Aid to Blind People and Aid to People with Disabilities 267 -- Old Age Assistance 267 -- Unemployment Insurance and Workers¿ Compensation 268 -- Juvenile and Criminal Justice 269 -- Women¿s Movements and Peace Protests 270 -- Suffrage 270 -- Women and Health 272 -- Abortion and Contraception 274 -- The Professionalization of Social Work 275 -- Conclusion: New Freedoms and Old Constraints 276 -- Study Questions 277 -- Suggested Exercise 278 -- Want to Know More? 278 -- Notes 279 --
Chapter Nine -- The Great Depression and Social Security for Americans 282 -- The Great Depression 284 -- Social Revolt and Temporary Relief 286 -- Roosevelt¿s Emergency Measures 287 -- Eleanor Roosevelt and Women in the New Deal 291 -- Social Insurance in the United States 292 -- Programs of Social Insurance Based on the Social Security Acts 295 -- Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) 295 -- Unemployment Compensation: Title III 296 -- Workers¿ Compensation: State Social Insurance 296 -- Public Assistance Programs of the Social Security Acts 297 -- Old Age Assistance (OAA) 298 -- Aid to the Blind (AB) and Aid to the Disabled (AD) 298 -- Aid to Dependent Children (ADD) 299 -- Maternal and Child Welfare Act: Title V 300 -- The Professionalization of Social Work 300 -- World War II 303 -- Internment of Japanese Americans 303 -- The War Years 304 -- The War and People of Minorities 306 -- Social Welfare Services: The War and After 309 -- Women After the War 310 -- The Resurgence of Social Work 312 -- Reorganizing Federal Social Welfare Efforts 314 -- The American Dream 314 -- Conclusion: Moving Toward the Future 315 -- Study Questions 316 -- Suggested Exercises 316 -- Want to Know More? 317 -- Notes 3137 --
Chapter Ten -- Civil and Welfare Rights in the New Reform Era 320 -- The State of the Nation Under Eisenhower 323 -- Social Programs in he 1950s 324 -- Social Insurance 324 -- Public Assistance 324 -- Civil Rights Before Kennedy 327 -- African Americans 328 -- Native Americans 330 -- Hispanic Americans 330 -- Chinese Americans 332 -- Civil Rights in the Kennedy¿Johnson Years 333 -- Johnson and the Great Society 334 -- The Civil Rights Act and Continued Protest 334 -- The Voting Right Act and New Legal Rights 340 -- Social Programs in the Kennedy¿Johnson Years 341 -- Kennedy¿s Social Security Administration 341 -- The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 343 -- Programs Amended Under Johnson 345 -- Other Kennedy¿Johnson Social Programs 348 -- Welfare, Civil Rights, and the Social Work Profession 350 -- Conclusion: Looking Back on the 1960s 352 -- Study Questions 353 -- Suggested Exercise 354 -- Want to Know More? 354 -- Notes 354 --
Chapter Eleven -- The Return to the Past 358 -- A Retreat from the Welfare State 359 -- Social Programs in the 1970s 361 -- Social Insurance 362 -- Public Assistance Programs 363 -- Other Social Welfare Programs 368 -- Food Stamps 368 -- Comprehensive Education and Training Act (CETA) 368 -- Education and Youth Programs 368 -- Housing 369 -- Juven ER -