Women's Work, Care-GivingandTwo Traditions in SocialWelfare

Margolis, Diane Rothbard

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Women's Work, Care-GivingandTwo Traditions in SocialWelfare

Margolis, Diane Rothbard

Abstract

This paper analyzes differences between social welfare emanating from a reciprocity orientation that had its roots in charity and the church and social welfare emanating from a pooling orientation that had its roots in work relegated to women in the family, It suggests that pooling welfare is more appropriate to the state, but that the more successful a program is the more likely it is to blunt the public support it requires.