Private values, public policy and poverty in America, 1890-1940

Recent welfare histories highlighting reformers, bureaucrats, and recipients of aid have added immeasurably to our understanding of welfare policy formation, but have ignored the extent to which the parameters of change were set by public opinion. Public opinion, informed by cultural values, constra...

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Main Author: Orelup, Margaret
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1995
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9606546