TY - GEN T1 - Oxford handbook of U.S. social policy A2 - Bâeland, Daniel A2 - Morgan, Kimberly J., 1970- A2 - Howard, Christopher, 1961- LA - English PP - New York PB - Oxford University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Oxford_subscribe_EDZ0001025707 AB - This handbook provides a survey of the American welfare state. It offers an historical overview of U.S. social policy from the colonial era to the present, a discussion of available theoretical perspectives on it, an analysis of social programmes, and on overview of the U.S. welfare state's consequences for poverty, inequality, and citizenship. CN - HN57 .O945 2014 SN - 9780199984954 (ebook) : SN - 9780199838509 KW - United States : Social policy. KW - Public welfare : United States. KW - United States : Social conditions. ER -