America's Welfare State: From Roosevelt to Reagan

Social welfare policy in the United States has gone from controversy in the 1930s, to consensus at mid-century, and back to controversy and confusion in the late twentieth century. In America's Welfare State, Edward Berkowitz offers a concise and informative historical overview of this costly and often frustrating area of domestic policy.

Descriving the uneasy evolution of America's welfare programs, Berkowitz explains how the Social Security program became popular, why it almost went bankru...