U.S. Social Welfare Reform Policy Transitions from 1981 to the Present /

• Main Author: Caputo, Richard K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: International Series on Consumer Science,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social policy.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Social Sciences.; Family.; Social Policy.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

Nearly half a century after Lyndon Johnson coined the phrase, America continues to fight the war on poverty, especially as such modern realities as the global economy, job outsourcing, and the recession contribute to the numbers of the unemployed and the working poor. As social welfare and reform ef...