SOC WLF 105
Social Welfare Policy in Modern America: Historical Perspectives
Social Welfare · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Historical overview of American social policy dealing with three core societal problems: poverty, sickness, and joblessness. Programs developed by governments to ameliorate these problems have typically been public insurance programs or cash transfers such as unemployment insurance, welfare, and Social Security. Collectively these programs are known as the welfare state; examination of origins of the U.S. welfare state, its development over time, and features that make it distinctive as compared to welfare states in other nations.
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