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Chapter Outline

Chapter 15: Government and Society

The Politics of Social Policy
The History of the Social Welfare System
What Are the Foundations of the Social Welfare System?
Social Security
Medicare
Welfare: Means-Tested Public Assistance Policy

Analyzing the Welfare System
Arguments against It
Arguments for It

How Can Government Create Opportunity?
Education Policies and Their Politics
Health Policies and Their Politics

Who Is Poor? What Can Government Do?




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