{"product_id":"americas-welfare-state-from-roosevelt-to-reagan-9780801841286","title":"America's Welfare State: From Roosevelt to Reagan","description":"\u003cp\u003eSocial welfare policy in the United States has gone from controversy in the 1930s, to consensus at mid-century, and back to controversy and confusion in the late twentieth century. In \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Welfare State\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward Berkowitz offers a concise and informative historical overview of this costly and often frustrating area of domestic policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescriving the uneasy evolution of America's welfare programs, Berkowitz explains how the Social Security program became popular, why it almost went bankrupt, and why its long-term prospects for solvency remain uncertain. He traces changing public perceptions of social welfare goals, from providing secure entitlements for the eldery in the 1930s and 1940s to making payments to illegitimate children and their mothers in the 1950s and 1960s. He also explores the question of national health insurnace, noting that the United States outspends Japan on health care per capita by a margin of tow to one, and yea millions of Americans remain without health insurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward D. Berkowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 5.97w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801841286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward D. Berkowitz\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of history at George Washington University, has participated in the making of social welfare policy as a policy analyst at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and as a senior staffmember of the President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDisabled Policy: America's Programs for the Handicapped\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44456485224563,"sku":"9780801841286","price":62.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_79efb1f3-742a-4114-a608-023c3871a41b.jpg?v=1773751544","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/americas-welfare-state-from-roosevelt-to-reagan-9780801841286","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}