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The New Deal as a Triumph of Social Work: Frances Perkins and the Confluence of Early Twentieth Century Social Work with Mid-Twentieth Century Politics and Government

  • Stephen Paul Miller
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: The Social Work of Desire
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 1-4
  3. Bold, Persistent Social Work
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 5-11
  4. A Method of Moral Progress
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 12-17
  5. The Fifty-Four-Hour Bill and Social Work’s Alternative Professionalization
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 18-31
  6. The Perkins Persona
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 32-37
  7. Enter Populists. Enter Progressives. Enter Social Workers. Enter Frances Perkins
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 38-49
  8. America’s Founding Economic Rights Today: Modern Government
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 50-68
  9. The New Deal as the Social Work of Desire
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 69-97
  10. The First Charge upon the Government
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 98-118
  11. Between Social Work and Government: Investigating the Triangle Fire and Perkins’s Conference Method
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 119-127
  12. Social Work through Government
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 128-145
  13. Epilogue: The First Boondoggle Wasn’t a Boondoggle—The New Deal as the Social Work of Desire and the Heart of Work
    Stephen Paul Miller
    Pages 146-160
  14. Back Matter
    Pages 161-162
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About this book

Introduction

The New Deal as a Triumph of Social Work concerns the 'hand' the New Deal plays from the perspective of early American History in which government and business cooperation is assumed and economic rights are addressed collectively whereas political rights are considered individually. The New Deal reconfigures this 'ratio' of rights by folding 'social work' into the aims of government. Miller describes the vital part Frances Perkins and her personal history play in this development.

Keywords

American History government morality social work work

Authors and affiliations

  • Stephen Paul Miller
    • 1
  1. 1.St. John’s UniversityUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137527813
  • Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Pivot, New York
  • eBook Packages History
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-70785-0
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-52781-3
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