Welfare has been central to a number of significant political debates in modern America: What role should the government play in alleviating poverty? What does

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An analysis of the welfare state from a political economy perspective that examines the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on industrial

Provides a balanced critical analysis of the child welfare system along with promising innovations Distinguished by its critical perspective, this book delivers

Including education has profound consequences, undergirding the case for the productivity of welfare state programs and the explanation for why all rich nations