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United States welfare policy : a Catholic response / Thomas J. Massaro.

By: Series: Moral traditions seriesPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781435627390
  • 1435627393
  • 9781589014800
  • 1589014804
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: United States welfare policy.DDC classification:
  • 261.8/325820973 22
LOC classification:
  • BX1795.P83 M37 2007eb
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Contents:
Catholic social teaching : general approaches to social policy -- The historical context of U.S. welfare policy -- At the crossroads : the welfare reform law of 1996 -- The bishops' contribution to the welfare reform debate -- Implementing welfare reform, 1996-2006 -- The politics and ethics of welfare reauthorization.
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Summary: The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the United States for the first time in sixty years. More than a decade later, according to Catholic social ethicist Thomas Massaro, a disturbing gap exists between the laws we have enacted as a nation and the moral concerns we profess as a people. Massaro contends that ethicists too often focus on strictly theoretical concerns rather than engaging concrete social and political issues, while public policy experts are uncomfortable drawing ethical judgments about legislation. United States Welfare Policy takes.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.

Catholic social teaching : general approaches to social policy -- The historical context of U.S. welfare policy -- At the crossroads : the welfare reform law of 1996 -- The bishops' contribution to the welfare reform debate -- Implementing welfare reform, 1996-2006 -- The politics and ethics of welfare reauthorization.

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The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the United States for the first time in sixty years. More than a decade later, according to Catholic social ethicist Thomas Massaro, a disturbing gap exists between the laws we have enacted as a nation and the moral concerns we profess as a people. Massaro contends that ethicists too often focus on strictly theoretical concerns rather than engaging concrete social and political issues, while public policy experts are uncomfortable drawing ethical judgments about legislation. United States Welfare Policy takes.

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