Federal Social Policy: The Historical Dimension - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 027100617X ISBN 13: 9780271006178

Publisher: Penn State University Press, 1990

Synopsis

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 J

About this title

About the Author:

Donald T. Critchlow earned his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and is professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. He has authored or edited numerous works, including The Brookings Institution, 1916–1952: Expertise and the Public Interest in a Democratic Society (1985).

Ellis W. Hawley, Professor of History at the University of Iowa, earned his PhD at the University of Wisconsin. His published works include The New Deal and the Problem of Monopoly (1995) and The Great War and the Search for a Modern Order (1997).

About this edition

• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 027100617X
• ISBN 13: 9780271006178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Critchlow Donald T., Hawley Ellis W.