Chapter 17: Social Policy

Chapter Outline

• The Welfare State
  • The History of the Social Welfare System
  • Foundations of the Welfare State
  • Welfare Reform
  • How Do We Pay for the Welfare State?
• Opening Opportunity
  • Education Policies
  • Employment and Training Programs
  • Health Policies
  • Housing Policies
• Who Gets What from Social Policy?
  • The Elderly
  • The Middle Class
  • The Working Poor
  • The Nonworking Poor
  • Minorities, Women, and Children
• Thinking Critically about Social Policy and Equality

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