Solutions to social problems : lessons from state and local governments / D. Stanley Eitzen, George H. Sage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eitzen, D. Stanley.

Contributor:

Sage, George Harvey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems--Government policy--United States.

Social problems.

Social problems--Government policy.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

viii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Allyn and Bacon/Pearson, [2009]

Summary:

State and city governments are sometimes ahead of the federal government in providing solutions to social problems. This text examines specific cases where state and local initiatives have been put forth to solve representative social problems such as democracy and campaign reform, the environmental crisis, improving America's infrastructure, improving education, poverty and homelessness, improving wages for the poor and near poor, and providing health care for all.

Contents:

Introduction: States and cities solving social problems

Democracy and campaign reform

The environment : initiatives to reduce global warming

Building U.S. infrastructure

Improving education

Poverty, homelessness, and affordable housing

Improving wages for the working poor and the near poor

Health care for all.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780205578733

020557873X

OCLC:

213600480