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Tables of Contents for Social Policy in the United States
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction American Social Policies: Future Possibilities in Historical Perspective
3
8
State Formation and Social Policy in the United States
11
26
America's First Social Security System: The Expansion of Benefits for Civil War Veterans
37
35
Gender and the Origins of Modern Social Policies in Britain and the United States
72
64
Gretchen Ritter
The Road to Social Security
136
31
G. John Ikenberry
Redefining the New Deal: World War II and the Development of Social Provision in the United States
167
42
Edwin Amenta
The Limits of the New Deal System and the Roots of Contemporary Welfare Dilemmas
209
19
``Brother Can You Spare a Job?'' Work and Welfare in the United States
228
22
Targeting within Universalism: Politically Viable Policies to Combat Poverty in the United States
250
25
Is the Time Finally Ripe? Health Insurance Reforms in the 1990s
275
18
From Social Security to Health Security?
293
20
Conclusion
Remaking U.S. Social Policies for the 21st Century
297
16
Index
313