Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Policies for Public Schooling in the 1990s 25
6. 2 American Health Care at the Crossroads 50
7. 3 Housing for Low-Income Households: A Defense of Demand-Side Subsidies 85
8. 4 Welfare Policy after Welfare Reform 107
9. 5 Silver Threads: Pension and Health Policy for an Aging Society 127
10. 6 Foreign Aid to the Less Developed Countries 158
11. 7 Social Needs and Tight Budgets: Why Not Try Economic Efficiency? 198
12. 8 The Politics of Social Policy in the 1990s 227
13. Contributors 259