Alternative View of U.S. Welfare Policies Stirs Intense Interest & Controversy.

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  • Author(s): Winkler, Karen J.
  • Source:
    Chronicle of Higher Education. 2/24/93, Vol. 39 Issue 25, pA7-A9. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
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    • Subject Terms:
      PROTECTING Soldiers & Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States (Book)
    • Abstract:
      Examines the controversy generated by the book `Protecting Soldiers and Mothers,' by Theda Skocpol, which challenges conventional wisdom about American welfare policies and is arousing the ire of some feminist scholars. Alternative overview of 100 years of welfare history; Civil War pensions as an earlier welfare program; How institutions interacted with individuals and social programs; Valuable model of how policy is developed; Comments and criticisms.