social policy

Presents approximately 150 primary source documents, such as speeches, legislation, memoirs, newspaper articles, and interviews, related to social policy between the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.

Reprints sixteen editions of "The CQ Researcher, " published between August 9, 1996 and November 20, 1998, that provide facts and analysis of a wide range of public interest topics; grouped in seven general categories, including education, health care, and social policy.

Readings and discussion questions present conflicting points of view on various aspects of equality in the U.S.

Describes the contemporary paradox of hunger and malnutrition in the United States, one of the richest countries in the world. Also discusses some solutions to eliminate this problem including government programs and public education.

Contains alphabetized articles on approximately 160 social issues in the U.S., describing their histories, major aspects, and debates and controversies, and provides a chronology, further reading list, glossary, and documents with each.

Presents twenty-six articles debating the effects of victimhood on American society, discussing whether the nation is being tested by increasing claims of oppression, or if recent concessions are an appropriate outcome of women's and civil rights movements.