United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response Book

Preface     vii
Introduction     1
Catholic Social Teaching: General Approaches to Social Policy     9
Vehicles of Catholic Social Teaching
The Methodology of Catholic Social Teaching: Three Caveats
The Central Vision of Catholic Social Teaching
Positions Regarding Two Key Institutions
Three Principles for Social Policy
Notes
The Historical Context of U.S. Welfare Policy     47
The Roots of American Social Policy
The New Deal and Its Legacy
The "Permanent Crisis" of AFDC
The Role of Charitable and Faith-Based Organizations in the Social Welfare System
Notes
At the Crossroads: The Welfare Reform Law of 1996     77
The Block-Granting of Welfare
Time Limitation of Benefits
Work Requirements
Anti-Illegitimacy Measures
Other New Conditions on Benefits
Other Provisions of the 1996 Welfare Law
The Way Forward
Notes
The Bishops' Contribution to the Welfare Reform Debate     115
The New Welfare Consensus of the 1980s and the Bishops' Demurral
Documents of the U.S. Catholic Church on Welfare Reform: 1994-96
Five Guidelines for Social Policy
Notes
Implementing Welfare Reform, 1996-2006     149
Further Developments in Federal Welfare Policy, 1996-2002
The Fallout of the 1996 Overhaul: Fears, Reactions, and Results
Patterns of State Implementation
Notes
The Politics and Ethics of Welfare Reauthorization     189
The Politics of Reauthorization
Ongoing Ethical Concerns Regarding WelfarePolicy
Public Church Contributions to Social Policy: Present and Future
Notes
Bibliography     227
Index     245