9780805052084 | Metropolitan Books, April 1, 2001, cover price $35.00 |
About this edition: A renowned historian traces the development of the welfare state from the colonial period to the war on poverty to the modern day age of 'compassionate conservativism' as he explains how an assault on dependence, the devolution of authority from federal government to state, and the use of market models for social policy have redefined the meaning of the welfare state.
9780812220186 | Updated edition (Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, August 15, 2008), cover price $24.95
9780805069297 | 2 reprint edition (Owl Books, March 1, 2002), cover price $18.00 |
About this edition: A renowned historian traces the development of the welfare state from the colonial period to the war on poverty to the modern day age of 'compassionate conservativism' as he explains how an assault on dependence, the devolution of authority from federal government to state, and the use of market models for social policy have redefined the meaning of the welfare state.