Download or read book Social Welfare in Today's World written by William H. Whitaker and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1997 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of social welfare institutions in the US, compared with those of Mexico, Poland and Sweden. The book is structured around a series of questions such as: what is social welfare?; why do we need it?; and why is it controversial? Social Welfare Report Card details each of the nations' capacity for support for social welfare and compares the child health, education, and well being of the general population.