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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massaro, Thomas, 1961-

Series:

Moral traditions series.

Moral traditions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Public welfare.

Public welfare--United States.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.

ISBN:

9781589014800

1589014804

9781435627390

1435627393

OCLC:

648711582