TY - BOOK AU - Russell,James W TI - Double standard : social policy in Europe and the United States SN - 9780742546936 AV - HN28 .R87 2006 U1 - 320.6094 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - Social policy KW - Comparative method KW - History KW - Europe KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180) and index; Introduction : from social problems to social policies -- The social worldview of medieval Christianity as prologue -- Secular transitions and assumptions -- Marx, Durkheim, and the limits of laissez-faire capitalism -- From theory to ideology -- Origins of social policy in Europe and the United States -- Alternative approaches to social policy -- Social cohesion and inequality -- Poverty -- Unemployment : the sword of Damocles -- Support for child raising -- Support for the aged -- Health care -- Ethnic and racial policy -- Incarceration as social policy -- Summary : principles for progressive social policy UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006016132.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/2006016132-b.html ER -