A Limited Partnership: The Politics of Religion, Welfare, and Social Service
ISBN: 9780231506649
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Church charities -- United States; Social service -- United States;

By charting the effects of Reagan budget cuts and the resulting pressure on religious congregations and local agencies to provide more social services, Wineburg presents a vivid picture of the social chaos that has ensued.


Robert Wineburg is a professor of social work at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He was a member of the Governor of North Carolina's Task Force on Community Initiatives regarding Welfare Reform, has consulted with Partners for Sacred Places in Philadelphia, and was a consultant on Catholic Charities USA's Catholic Identity Project.
hidden image for function call