ScholarWorks > HHS > Social Work > JSSW > Vol. 16 > Iss. 2 (1989)
Abstract
The American welfare state has been contained by several developments that have influenced social policy: the traditionalist movement, neoliberal ideology, and the budget deficit. These are evident in the minimal welfare reform of the Family Support Act of 1988. A new paradigm for organizing thinking about American social welfare is proposed around themes that have become central to discussions of social policy: productivity, reciprocity, community, and privatization. In order to become a viable institution again, social welfare policy should emphasize specific themes: voluntarization, access to services, social choice, social control, social obligation, transitional benefits, community enterprise, and national service.
Recommended Citation
Stoesz, David
(1989)
"A New Paradigm for Social Welfare,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 16:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1894
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