| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 257 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Moral traditions series
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Moral traditions series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index. |
| 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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Catholic Church. |
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines. |
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Public welfare -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Public welfare -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. |
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Public welfare -- United States.
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Public welfare. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Massaro, Thomas, 1961- United States welfare policy. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006031178 |
| ISBN |
9781435627390 (electronic book) |
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1435627393 (electronic book) |
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9781589014800 (electronic book) |
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1589014804 (electronic book) |
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9781589011557 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1589011554 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781589011564 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1589011562 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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