Who Cares: The Social Safety Net in America by Christopher Howard (English) Pape

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The first comprehensive map of the social safety net, public and private, in the United States. Societies are often judged by how they treat their most vulnerable members: the poor and near poor. In the United States, this responsibility belongs not only to governments, but also to charities, businesses, individuals, and family members. Their combined efforts generate a social safety net. In Who Cares, ChristopherHoward offers the first comprehensive map of the US social safety net. He chronicles how different parts of American society talk about poverty-related needs. And he shows what Americans do to provide basic levels of income, food,housing, medical care, and daily care. Although the US social safety net is extensive, major gaps remain, particularly impacting Blacks, Hispanics, and individuals who are not employed full-time. Drawing heavily upon evidence from the years right before the Covid-19 pandemic, Howard demonstrates that these problems persist even when the economy seems healthy. Who Cares concludes with an initial assessment of how the social safety net performed during the pandemic.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Christopher Howard is the Pamela C. Harriman Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary, where he has worked since 1993. He specializes in the history and politics of US social policy. Howard is the author of three books and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy; he has also written numerous journal articles and book chapters. He is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance andthe Scholars Strategy Network. He has won a campus-wide teaching award and an Outstanding Faculty Award from the state of Virginia. Chris was a History major at Duke University and earned his Ph.D. in Political Science fromMIT.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsIntroductionWHAT WE SAY1. General Public2. Business and Labor3. Churches and Other Charities4. Public OfficialsWHAT WE DO5. Income6. Food7. Housing8. Medical Care9. Daily CareConclusionPostscript: The Social Safety Net and the PandemicNotesBibliographyIndex

Review

Who Cares is a fresh, informative look at the nature of the American welfare state: why do we care about some needs more than others? What's the actual level of protection afforded, and for whom? What do key actors (the public, parties and politicians, unions, and business organizations) have to say? Will the gaps exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic spur a reset, or not? Chris Howard wields his stunningly clear prose to examine both the usual policy areas (income, healthcare, food) and the often-overlooked (housing, child- and elder-care). I can't wait for the conversations this thoughtful book will prompt. * Andrea Louise Campbell, author of Trapped in America's Safety Net *The strengths of the book include its deep dive into public opinion and its information on the roles of government, charities, and volunteers in mitigating poverty...Who Cares is suitable for undergraduate courses on social welfare, public policy, and the sociology of poverty. * Choice *...by surveying caring commitments and practices across the public-private spectrum throughout society, the book's detailed empirical analysis greatly helps to place our collective caring efforts to aid the disadvantaged in the United States into a robust context, actually making thorough assessment more possible. For this alone, the book is an important contribution to the scholarly literature and deserving of a wide audience among the broader public. * Sanford Schram, Hunter College-City University of New York *

Long Description

The first comprehensive map of the social safety net, public and private, in the United States. Societies are often judged by how they treat their most vulnerable members: the poor and near poor. In the United States, this responsibility belongs not only to governments, but also to charities, businesses, individuals, and family members. Their combined efforts generate a social safety net. In Who Cares, Christopher Howard offers the first comprehensive map of the US social safety net. He chronicles how different parts of American society talk about poverty-related needs. And heshows what Americans do to provide basic levels of income, food, housing, medical care, and daily care. Although the US social safety net is extensive, major gaps remain, particularly impacting Blacks, Hispanics, and individuals who are not employed full-time. Drawing heavily upon evidence from the years rightbefore the Covid-19 pandemic, Howard demonstrates that these problems persist even when the economy seems healthy. Who Cares concludes with an initial assessment of how the social safety net performed during the pandemic.

Review Quote

"Who Cares is a fresh, informative look at the nature of the American welfare state: why do we care about some needs more than others? What's the actual level of protection afforded, and for whom? What do key actors (the public, parties and politicians, unions, and business organizations) have to say? Will the gaps exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic spur a reset, or not? Chris Howard wields his stunningly clear prose to examine both the usual policy areas (income, healthcare, food) and the often-overlooked (housing, child- and elder-care). I can't wait for the conversations this thoughtful book will prompt." -- Andrea Louise Campbell, author of Trapped in America's Safety Net

Details ISBN0190074469 Author Christopher Howard Short Title Who Cares Language English ISBN-10 0190074469 ISBN-13 9780190074463 Format Paperback Subtitle The Social Safety Net in America Country of Publication United States Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-12-16 NZ Release Date 2022-12-16 US Release Date 2022-12-16 UK Release Date 2022-12-16 Alternative 9780190074456 DEWEY 361.320973 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2023-04-13 Pages 352 We've got this

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