Margolis, Diane Rothbard2009-05-192009-05-191992-04-01Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 16, Number 1 (SPRING, 1992), pp. 29-43 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.5080https://hdl.handle.net/1808/5080This 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.enCopyright (c) Social Thought and Research. For rights questions please contact Editor, Department of Sociology, Social Thought and Research, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045.Article10.17161/STR.1808.5080openAccess