Support for the American Welfare State: The Views of Congress and the Public

by Fay Lomax Cook and Edith Barrett

What is the state of the American welfare state? After half a century of growth and development, social welfare programs came under attack during the 1980s, generating widespread uncertainty about their future. Yet the welfare state weathered the assault. Cook and Barrett argue that social welfare in America is firmly rooted and that the American welfare state is here to stay. They attribute this to a strong reservoir of support on the part of both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231076185
• ISBN13: 9780231076180
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 327 Pages
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher