Geographic dimensions of United States social policy

Author(s)

• Kodras, Janet E.
• Jones, John Paul

Bibliographic Information

Geographic dimensions of United States social policy

edited by Janet E. Kodras and John Paul Jones III

Edward Arnold, 1990

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Social policies concerning the education, health, housing, and economic welfare of the American people are central to the domestic political debate, however, little attention has been given to the spatial dimensions of controversies over the design, implementation, operation, and effectiveness of social programmes. This book brings together a set of analyses which demonstrate that all such programmes are affected by the context from which they emerge and the setting in which they are implemented. The significance of geography in social policy is evident at every level in the government hierarchy but this book is the first to bring together in one volume an investigation by geographers of the role of context and space in the analysis of social policy.

Table of Contents

• The state, social policy and geography, John Paul Jones III and Janet E.Kodras
• economic and social policy implementation and outputs - an exploration of two contrasting geographies, R.J.Johnston
• the politics of homelessness, Glenda Laws and Sharon Lord
• neighboorhood variations in mderate housing rehabilitation program impacts - an accounting model of housing quality change, Diane Whalley
• local control in American public education - myth and reality, David R.Reynolds and Fred N.Shelley
• state variations in the distribution of the medically vulnerable - the impact of health policy, James Bohland
• the impact of Federal Policy on the geographical distribution of health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans, Ellen K.Cromley
• women's issues and state legislation - fragmentation and I consistency, H.Briavel Holcomb et al
• work, welfare and poverty among black female-headed families, John Paul Jones III
• economic restructuring, shifting public attitudes and program revision - the politics underlying geographic disparities in the food stamp program, Janet E.Kodras.

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Details

• NCID: BA10732927
• ISBN:
  • 0340493216
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 252 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 361.610973
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : United States. Government. Social policies. Geographical aspects
  • LCSH : Anthropo-geography -- United States -- History
  • LCSH : United States -- Social policy