Advisors and contributors
Shaping social policy: governments, organizations, the international community and the individual
Social policy before 1878
The gilded age and the progressive era
The great depression and the new deal
World War II and post-war social policy
Current issues in social policy: healthcare, housing, welfare, and social security
Current issues in social policy: education and employment
Advisors and Contributors --
SHAPING SOCIAL POLICY: GOVERNMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL --
Introduction to Shaping Social Policy: Governments, Organizations, the International Community and the Individual --
How Not to Help Our Poorer Brothers / Theodore Roosevelt, 1897 --
The Danger Threatening Representative Government / Robert M. La Follette Sr., 1897 --
The Strenuous Life / Theodore Roosevelt, 1900 --
Theodore Roosevelt on Manhood and Statehood / Theodore Roosevelt, 1901 --
Civic Cooperation / Jane Addams, 1912 --
The Diffusion of Property Ownership --
Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical / John Rawls, 1985 / --
Habitat for Humanity / Lenny Ignelzi, 1990 --
Reparations: A National Apology / Anonymous, 1990 --
Fourth World Conference on Women / United Nations, 1995 --
United Nations Millennium Declaration / United Nations, 2000 --
Establishment of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives / George W. Bush, 2001 --
UNICEF / Jim Hollander, 2002 --
To Walk the Earth in Safety / U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 2002 --
The Millennium Declaration to End Hunger in America / Brandeis University, The Heller Center for Social Policy and Management: Institute on Assets and Social Policy--Center on Hunger and Poverty, 2003 --
Model Colonia / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2004 --
International Red Cross / Andrea Booher, 2005 --
Katrina: Our System for Fixing Broken Lives is Broken / Brian A. Gallagher, 2005 --
Google Subpoena Roils the Web / Hiawatha Bray, 2006 --
More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement / Mary Williams Walsh, 2006 --
SOCIAL POLICY BEFORE 1878 --
Introduction to Social Policy before 1878 --
Amendment XIII to the United States Constitution / Lyman Trumbull, 1865 --
XIV Amendment / Thaddeus Stevens, 1868 --
On Indian Removal / Andrew Jackson, 1830 --
American Notes / Charles Dickens, 1842 --
The Fleet Prison / London Illustrated News, 1846 / --
Smoking Him Out / Nathaniel Currier, 1848 --
Clay's Resolutions / Henry Clay, January 29, 1850 --
An Act Concerning the Attendance of Children at School / General Court of Massachusetts, 1852 --
The Know-Nothing Party / Anonymous, 1844 --
On the Know-Nothing Party / Abraham Lincoln, 1855 --
Homestead Act of 1862 / Galusha A. Grow, 1862 --
Morrill Act of 1862 / Justin Smith Morrill, 1862 --
An Act to Establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees / U.S. Congress, 1865 --
Special Field Orders No. 15 / William Tecumseh Sherman, 1865 --
Andrew Johnson Kicking out the Freedmen's Bureau / Thomas Nast, 1866 --
Education of the Freedmen / Anonymous, 1866 --
Anti-Chinese Political Cartoon / Anonymous, 1877 --
THE GILDED AGE AND THE PROGRESSIVE ERA --
Introduction to The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era --
How the Other Half Lives / Jacob A. Riis, c. 1885 --
Waifs of the City Slums / Jacob A. Riis, 1890 --
Coxey's Army / Anonymous, 1894 --
The Greatest Issue of the Day / Lizzie Black Kander, 1900 --
Platform of the Populists / The Populist Party, 1896 --
Plessy v. Ferguson / Henry Billings Brown, 1896 --
The Jungle / Upton Sinclair, 1906 --
What Roosevelt Stands For / Anonymous, 1912 --
Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution / Anonymous, 1919 --
The Need for Safety from the Worker's Point of View / William Green, 1926 --
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL --
Introduction to The Great Depression and the New Deal --
On the First Hundred Days / Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 --
National Recovery Administration / The Associated Press, 1933 --
Social Security Advertisement / Anonymous, 1935 --
The National Union for Social Justice / Charles Coughlin, 1934 --
A Nebraska Farm Scene / Marguerite Zorach, 1935 --
Share Our Wealth / Huey P. Long, 1935 --
Speech upon Signing the Social Security Act / Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1935 --
Radio Address Roosevelt's Defense of the New Deal / Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 --
View of New Deal, a Work Relief Shack Town / Margaret Bourke-White, 1936 --
Administration of Benefits Provided by Act of Congress /
United States Congress, 1939 --
Tennessee Valley Authority / Anonymous, 1940 --
Better Housing: The Solution to Infant Mortality in the Slums. / Anthony Velonis, 1940 --
The Depression Breadline / James P. Blair, 1997.
WORLD WAR II AND POST-WAR SOCIAL POLICY --
Introduction to World War II and Post-war Social Policy --
Executive Order 8802 / President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941 --
On the Home Front / Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1942 --
Executive Order 9066 / Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1942 --
Servicemen's Readjustment Act / United States Congress, 1944 --
Statement by the President Upon Signing the National School Lunch Act / Harry S. Truman, 1946 --
A Fair Deal / Harry S. Truman, 1949 --
Not a Fair Deal / MPI/Stringer, 1952 --
Executive Order 10521 / Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954 --
Brown v. Board of Education / U.S. Supreme Court, 1954 --
Executive Order 10730 / Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957 --
Establishment of Peace Corps / John F. Kennedy, 1961 --
Equal Pay Act of 1963 / Edith Green and Edith Rogers, 1963 --
Introduction to The Great Society --
The Great Society / Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 --
Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act / Everett Dirksen, 1964 --
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Everett Dirksen, 1964 --
Declaring a Public Policy against Discrimination on the Basis of Age /
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 --
Proposal for a Nationwide War on the Sources of Poverty / Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 --
Social Security Amendments of 1965 / United States Congress, 1965 --
The Establishment of the Robert T. Stafford Federal Student Loan Program / Robert T. Stafford, 1965 --
Remarks with President Truman at the Signing in Independence of the Medicare Bill / Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965 --
Guns or Butter / Tom Wicker, 1965 --
Loving v. Virginia / U.S. Supreme Court, 1967 --
Fair Housing Act of 1968 / United States Congress, 1968 --
The National Flood Insurance Program / United States Congress, 1968 --
Executive Order 11521 / President Richard Nixon, 1970 --
Black Students Arrive at South Boston High School in 1974. / Anonymous, 1974 --
Executive Order 12127 / President Jimmy Carter, 1979 --
Executive Order 12138 / Jimmy Carter, 1979 --
Head Start Act / U.S. Congress, 1981 --
Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950-1980 / Charles Murray, 1985 --
CURRENT ISSUES IN SOCIAL POLICY: HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, WELFARE, AND SOCIAL SECURITY --
Introduction to Current Issues in Social Policy: Healthcare, Housing, Welfare, and Social Security --
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act / United States Congress, 1986 --
Fair Housing Act / U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Housing and Enforcement Section, 1988 --
Health Security for All Americans / William Jefferson Clinton, 1993 --
The Hidden Side of the American Welfare State / Christopher Howard, 1993 --
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 / United States Congress, 2003 --
The Welfarization of Health Care / Richard K. Armey and Newt Gingrich, 1994 --
Momma Welfare Roll / Maya Angelou, 1994 --
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 / United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 1996 --
They Think You Ain't Much of Nothing / Karen Seccombe, Delores James, and Kimberly Battle-Walters, 1998 --
Covering the Uninsured through TennCare: Does It Make a Difference? / Lorenzo Moreno and Sheila D. Hoag, 2001 --
Law Limits Ritalin Recommendations / Cable News Network, 2001 --
Maximize Self Sufficiency Through Work and Additional Constructive Activities / White House Press Secretary, 2002 --
Food Stamps Program / Tim Boyle, Getty Images, 2004 --
Race, Class, and Real Estate / Sheryll D. Cashin, 2004 --
Once Woeful, Alabama Is Model in Child Welfare / Erik Eckholm, 2005 --
WIC Approved Food List / Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), 2005 --
The Drug Decision / Milt Freudenheim, 2005 --
Breastfeeding Promotion in WIC / USDA Food and Nutrition Service, 2005 --
The President's Savings Plans / Norbert J. Michel, 2005 --
Officer Next Door Program / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2004 --
Yonkers Moves to Limit Where Sex Offenders Live / Michael Gannon, 2005 --
Federal Costs Dropping Under New Medicare Drug Plan, Administration Reports / Robert Pear, 2006 --
Ban on Most Abortions Advances in South Dakota / Monica Davey, 2006 --
HUD Charges Philadelphia Landlords with Six Violations of Fair Housing Act / Antoinette Banks, 2006 --
HUD Creates New, Expanded Hurricane Disaster Voucher Program 381 / Donna White, 2006 --
HUD Announces Nearly $25 Million in "Sweat Equity" Grants to Help Families Build Their Own American Dream / United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2006 --
Jackson Addresses Indian Leaders' Washington Summit / United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2006 --
CURRENT ISSUES IN SOCIAL POLICY: EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT --
Introduction to Current Issues in Social Policy: Education and Employment --
Executive Order 12432 / Ronald Reagan, 1983 --
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 / U.S. Congress, 1989 --
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 / Tony Coelho, 1990 --
Georgia Plan Would Give Top Students Free Tuition / Joye Mercer and Scott Jaschik, 1992 --
The Seven Lesson Schoolteacher / John Taylor Gatto, 1992 --
Security Is Main Theme of a Spate of New Laws / Anonymous, 1993 --
Dealing with Sex Offenders / Anonymous, 1994 --
Affirmative Action's Long Record / Judy Mann, 1995 --
One Nation / Herb Block, 1977 --
No. 60. An Act Relating to Equal Educational Opportunity / State of Vermont Legislature, 1997 --
Homeschooling / Isabel Lyman, 1998 --
Student Loans: A Slippery Lifeline / Burton Bollag, 2001 --
The New Freedom Initiative / George W. Bush, 2001 --
Abstinence-Only Initiative Advancing / Sheryl Gay Stolberg, 2002 --
School Set Aside for Hawaiians Ends Exclusion to Cries of Protest / Adam Liptak, 2002 --
College Is Already Affordable, Likely for Most Recipients / Andrea Jones, 2003 --
Lies, Distortions and School Choice / Neal McCluskey, 2003 --
CWLA Testimony for the Hearing on the Implementation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act / Child Welfare League of America, 2003 --
California Workers' Compensation System / California Department of Industrial Relations, 2004 --
Safety and Stability for Foster Children / MaryLee Allen and Mary Bissell, 2004 --
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Resung by Science) / Kaplan Thaler Group, 2004 --
Whatever It Takes, Don't Let Your Friends Drop Out / Unknown, 2005 --
For Parents Seeking a Choice, Charter Schools Prove More Popular Than Vouchers / Sam Dillon, 2005 --
The President's Physical Fitness Challenge / Anonymous, 200 --
School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education / Anonymous, 2001 --
State Seeks to Block "No Child Left Behind" / Anonymous, 2006 --
Your Taxes / David Cay Johnston, 2006 --
