Essays and Research Papers on Social Security & Welfare

This 5 page paper considers the policies adopted by Franklin D. Roosevelt when guiding the country out of the great depression and his use of the 'New Deal. The writer then compares the policies of Ronal Reagan when deal with the recession of his era to the Rooseveltian tactics that had proven successful in the ...

This 10 page report discusses the California initiative approved by voters in 1994 that prohibited illegal immigrant children from public schools, to prohibit public health and welfare services for illegal immigrants, and impose other sanctions (including prenatal care for pregnant women and immunizations for children) throughout the state. In November of 1995, a Los Angeles federal judge issued an oral injunction that ...

5 pages in length. It is difficult to ignore the tremendous financial trouble that plagues the United States Social Security system, with the primary problems being America's current number of retirees and the fact that the Social Security trust fund has not been properly invested in the past. If no such problems existed, ...

A 10 page paper discussing one approach to liberalism, that in which its political ideals "compete and conflict with lingering traces of inegalitarian ideologies … to shape how we understand and deal with current political issues." The paper uses specifics from The New York Times and proceeds with general discussion from other sources. ...

A 7-page paper detailing the difference between public and private social organizations and the services they provide. Includes the history and recent changes in the relationship between the two groups, and where they overlap. Lists 5 sources.

10 pages. This paper is an analytical report of the book Ending Welfare as we Know it by R. Kent Weaver. The main topic of the book is the inner workings of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. This was the first significant reform of welfare policy in ...

12 pages. This paper is an analytical report of the book Ending Welfare as we Know it by R. Kent Weaver. The main topic of the book is the inner workings of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. This was the first significant reform of welfare policy in ...

A comparison between statements made by Johnson, Califano and Masutow, referring to the success of the social and economic policies carried out by the Johnson administration with the aim of reducing social disadvantage.

This paper examines the U.S. welfare policy, including the Department of Agriculture's Food Stamp Program. The paper discusses the political and media influences on such programs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper gives a brief outline and critical review of Karen Secombe's book, So You Think I Drive A Cadillac. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing some of the legislative issues regarding the prospective payment system (PPS) Medicare reform system. Few legislators disagree that "something" must be done with Medicare. One attempt at reform has been implementation of PPS designed to replace the fee-for-service approach to payment under Medicare coverage. PPS addresses cost ...

A 5 page paper discussing Medicare’s attempts to find and halt abuses. The regulatory environment is such that many facilities employ workers for the sole purpose of reporting and filing claims, decreasing the facility’s ability to operate efficiently. The Health and Human Services Department instituted Operation Restore Trust in 1995, and the program ...

This 5 page paper looks at the social program in the United States, how it began and where it is headed. Problems within the system that might plague Generation X is discussed. Alternatives such as privatization are provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 8 page paper examines public policy pressures for collaboration between organisations in the UK voluntary and statutory sectors and make reference to the 2002 Cross Cutting Review. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 4 page overview of the political maneuver known as the New Deal. The author provides an overview of the societal circumstances which spawned this approach then asserts that while the New Deal would be effective over the short term, it would be the impetus of the welfare state, that economic situation which today ...

A 7 page overview of the problems of welfare reform. While some mechanisms have been provided by programs such as TANF to provide the education and superstructure needed to move people off the welfare roles, much remains to be done. Single mothers are of particular concern in this equation and single mothers in ...

A paper which assesses the structure and function of the social security system in the UK, with regard to the allocation of resources according to need, the interrelationship of the taxation and benefits system and the way that the welfare state has developed since the 1940s. Bibliography lists 8 sources

A 4 page discussion of Roosevelt's New Deal. While some contend that it was the beginning of the contemporary welfare state, a welfare state we most often blame on liberals, in reality it had as many conservative overtones as liberal. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is an 8 page paper comparing two articles which discuss the “Medicare + Choice” program. Two articles pertaining to the “Medicare + Choice” program which was introduced in the Balance Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 assess the intentions, effectiveness and future prospects of the controversial program originally considered as risk-contracting. “As Good as it ...

This is a 12 page paper discussing the social welfare programs developed throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. The Civil War and the Reconstruction years until 1896 saw a change in the social reform system in the United States as it was a time when “thousands of people received public assistance for the first ...

This is a 10 page paper discussing Latinos, immigration and poverty in the U.S. The January 2003 U.S. Census reported that for the first time in history, Latinos have become the largest minority group in the U.S. That being said, Latino immigrants are also one of the poorest populations in the U.S. with more rather ...

This is a 7 page paper discussing the rates, causes, conflicts and possible solutions to homelessness in America. The issue of homelessness within the United States has been studied from many different perspectives. From one perspective, homelessness is seen as a very serious problem which must be overcome from a national initiative to combat poverty ...

An 8 page paper that begins with the definitions of managerialism found in the literature. Managerialism with its focus on efficiency has become the dominant principle in the organization of social welfare agencies. Following a discussion of managerialism, the writer presents alternatives to this ideology. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 6-page paper is a critical review of Deborah Stone's book "Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision-Making." In this paper, the Medicare Drug Act is compared to Stone's policy making/political theories.

This is a 12 page paper discussing the social welfare programs developed throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. The Civil War and the Reconstruction years until 1896 saw a change in the social reform system in the United States as it was a time when “thousands of people received public assistance for the first ...