Reflecting the growing interest in social policy history, this
book provides a penetrating examination of the development of
social policy in the twentieth-century America. An introductory
chapter serving as an overview to the field is followed by seven
original essays which explore the historical context for
understanding the formulation, implementation, and administration
of social policy.
Robert Kelly's Foreword discusses the growth of policy history
in recent years. In his introduction Donald Critchlow argues that
"policy history" encompasses historical reconstructions of
development in particular social policy areas and attempts to make
overall sense of policy-making processes. The chapters are
presented in two sections.
The first, Reconstructions of Policy Developments, includes W.
Andrew Achenbaum's account of federal policies toward the aged
since 1920; Brian Balogh's discussion of the emergence of the
Social Security Board as a political actor, from 1935 to 1939; and
Judith Sealander's examination of policy formation and women's
issues between 1940 and 1980.
In the second section, The Historical and Institutional Contexts
of Policy-making, Morton Keller addresses social policy and the
liberal state in twentieth-century America; Jack L. Walker examines
interests, political parties, and policy formation in the American
democracy; and Edward Berkowitz concludes with an essay on social
welfare and the American state.
With studies representative of the best work in the historical
analysis of social policy, this volume will be of interest to
scholars in history, political science, and public policy, as well
as to educated laymen seeking to understand social policy as it has
emerged in modern America.
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