TY  - BOOK
AU  - Massaro,Thomas
TI  - United States welfare policy: a Catholic response 
T2  - Moral traditions series
SN  - 9781435627390
AV  - BX1795.P83 M37 2007eb
U1  - 261.8/325820973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - fast
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Theology, Doctrinal
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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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