Building the Invisible Orphanage
A Prehistory of the American Welfare System
Published on 1. July 2009
400 pages
978-0-674-02999-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare in America. Matthew Crenson argues that the prehistory of the welfare system was played out not on the stage of national politics or class conflict but in the micropolitics of institutional management.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-02999-6 (9780674029996)
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11/1998
1st Edition
Harvard University Press
€33.95
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Person
Matthew A. Crenson is Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University.
Content
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Decline of the Orphanage and the Invention of Welfare 2. The Institutional Inclination 3. Two Dimensions of Institutional Change 4. Institutional Self-Doubt and Internal Reform 5. From Orphanage to Home 6. The Orphanage Reaches Outward 7. "The Unwalled Institution of the State" 8. The Perils of Placing Out 9. "The Experiment of Having No Home" 10. Mobilizing for Mothers' Pensions 11. Religious Wars Conclusion: An End to the Orphanage Notes Index
