Massaro, Thomas,  1961- <br/><br/>
United States welfare policy :  a Catholic response / 
Thomas J. Massaro. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Georgetown University Press,  ©2007. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages). 
 - Moral traditions series .
 - Moral traditions series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781435627390 1435627393 9781589014800 1589014804 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt2n5472  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--Doctrines.<br/>Catholic Church.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public welfare--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.<br/>Public welfare--United States.<br/>RELIGION--Christianity--General.<br/>RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.<br/>Public welfare.<br/>Public welfare--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.<br/>Social policy.<br/>Theology, Doctrinal.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social policy.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX1795.P83  / M37 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>261.8/325820973