The Crisis of Caregiving Social Welfare

This book discusses the crisis of caregiving as it affects parents seeking to provide good care for their children and people who care for their aged or disabled relatives. Discussed are alternatives to the present welfare system, a description of the current safety net programs, and an analysis of the privatization of social services

Betty Reid Mandell is Professor Emerita at Bridgewater State College. She has co-authored Introduction to Human Services: Policy and Practice, 7th ed., She has also published Welfare in America: Controlling the “Dangerous Classes,” and Where Are the Children?A Class Analysis of Foster Care and Adoption. She is co-editor of New Politics. She has been a social worker in child welfare, mental health, and welfare agencies. She has been a welfare rights activist since the 1960s.

Introduction	p. 1
Who Cares?: The Crisis of Caregiving	p. 5
Women's Work, Mother's Poverty: Are Men's Wages the Best Cure for Women's Economic Insecurity?	p. 33
Paid Family and Medical Leave	p. 47
The Privatization of Care	p. 63
Shelters for the Homeless: A Feeble Response to Homelessness	p. 81
Foster Care	p. 113
Adoption	p. 145
The Punitive State: Dimensions of Incarceration in the United States	p. 181
Alternatives to Welfare	p. 207
Current Safety Net Programs	p. 231
Advocacy Organizations Concerned with Caregiving and Social Justice	p. 245
Contributors	p. 257
Index	p. 259
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The Crisis of Caregiving Social Welfare Policy in the United States

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