Synopses & Reviews
The changing economic conditions of the 1990s now demand a review of the framework and adaptation to conditions currently prevailing in the government's role in social welfare. Recognizing that the national political leadership no longer was willing to support all of the public programs and benefits that it had initiated in the past 50 years, the authors assume that a downsizing of the national government's role in social welfare will occur. This volume explores how downsizing will affect the private sector, nonprofit organizations, families, and individuals, while including specific recommendations and suggestions on how social welfare programs can be reformed or modified.
Review
Clothbound represents a significant effort toward crystallizing diverse perspectives on this issue. Thirteen powerful chapters were assembled to provide the reader with pertinent contemporary approaches for re-thinking the level of Federal government participation in social welfare policy development and delivery systems. Robert Lerman provides a particularly interesting economic perspective by arguing that the Federal government should support social welfare policy....In Chapter 6, Yung-Ping Chen provides an excellent perspective of social security insurance and links American issues to global issues. The editors have done an excellent job of providing a balanced viewpoint in each major section. This book represents an important breakthrough with respect to determining the future role of the Federal government in defining social welfare policy. It has utility for the practitioner and academician....this work could easily be incorporated in graduate level public administrative courses....The Journal of Intergroup Relations
Synopsis
Examines the potential roles of the federal government in social welfare programming as major responsibilities are devolved to other institutions.
About the Author
ROBERT MORRIS is Kirstein Professor Emeritus, Brandeis University and Cardinal Medieros Lecturer, University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Table of Contents
Preface
A Decade Long Drift to Public "Conservatism" Redefining the Federal Roles in Social Welfare: Anticipating the Future and Preparing for It by Robert Morris and John E. Hansan
Employment Challenges by S. M. Miller
Policies to Improve Employment Outcomes for American Workers by Robert I. Lerman
Reviving an Affirmative Concept of Corporate Duty: The Public Corporation by Howard Schweber
Thinking about Social Security by Alvin L. Schorr
Public and Private Approaches for Redesigning Social Security by Yung-Ping Chen
Health Care: An American Report by Rashi Fein
Thoughts on a New Government Role in Health Care by Robert L. Kane
Outcome Measures for Persons with Disabilities as a Litmus Test for Quality in Managed Care by Robert Griss
Housing: Reconstructing the Federal Government's Role and Responsibilities by Michael E. Stone and Chester Hartman
Welfare Reform: Fixing the System Inside and Out by Jared Bernstein and Irwin Garfinkel
Federal Role in Establishing National Income Security for Children by Martha N. Ozawa
Redefining the Role of Government: A Work in Progress by Robert Morris and John E. Hansan
Index