History of Social Welfare: Introductory ((4 Credits))

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This course examines the development of, and debates about, U.S. social welfare institutions and policies. In particular, this course examines how social welfare philosophy, mission, and practice evolved from its original altruistic and voluntary roots to become professionalized and identified with casework rather than social reform. Topics of this study include: the origins and inspirations of social welfare programs and philosophy in the United States; the impact of the Civil War; the “Scientific Charity” Movement; the history and evolution of Child Welfare policy; the Settlement House Movement; The Great Depression and the origins and evolution of Social Security Policy; the Johnson Administration's Great Society programs and War on Poverty; Welfare to Workfare in the 1970s; the state of social welfare in the USA today.