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Saving our children from poverty : what the United States can learn from France / Barbara R. Bergmann.
LIBRA HV268 .B47 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergmann, Barbara R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare--France.
- Child welfare.
- Child welfare--Government policy.
- France.
- Child welfare--United States.
- United States.
- Child welfare--Government policy--France.
- Child welfare--Government policy--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 184 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage, 1996.
- Summary:
- Saving Our Children From Poverty compares the American aversion to national assistance programs with the French commitment to child well-being. Americans' lack of faith in the federal government, a growing resistance to taxation, and a belief that financial support encourages irresponsibility have weakened support for U.S. welfare programs. Saving Our Children From Poverty illustrates what a nation no wealthier than ours can realistically accomplish and concludes with a viable blueprint for successfully applying aspects of France's system to the United States. Its insights may help us to realize the importance of helping America's most undeserving poor.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0871541149
- OCLC:
- 35018120
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