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Social security, a documentary history, Larry W. DeWitt, Daniel Béland, and Edward D. Berkowitz

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-545) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Social security

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154670503

Larry W. DeWitt, Daniel Béland, and Edward D. Berkowitz

a documentary history

A Documentary History tells the story of the creation and development of the U.S. Social Security program through primary source documents, from its antecendents and founding in 1935, to the controversial issues of the present. This unique reference presents the complex history of Social Security in an accessible volume that hightlights the program's major moments and events

Introduction: an overview of the Social Security program, 1935-2006 -- The creation of Social Security in America -- The first controversy over financing and the creation of family benefits, 1935-1939 -- Political struggles over Social Security in the 1940s and program expansion in 1950 -- Extending coverage and benefits, 1951-1965 -- Enlarging the program and indexing benefits to the rate of inflation, 1966-1972 -- The second controversy over financing and the 1977 Social Security amendments, 1973-1977 -- The third controversy over financing and the Social Security amendments of 1983 -- Disability benefits in the 1980s -- The fourth controversy over financing and the battle over privatization, 1983-2006