Employee benefits and executive compensation, long a matter of considerable interest to employees and employers, have become subjects of increasingly intense public scrutiny and debate in the past few years. Indeed, you cannot pick up a newspaper, listen to a news broadcast, or consult the Internet without encountering a report on these subjects. These issues played heavily during the 2008 presidential campaign.

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Issues for Debate in Social Policy is a timely supplement for courses in Social Policy. Each article gives substantial background and analysis of a particular issue as well as useful pedagogical features to inspire critical thinking and to help students grasp and review key material. Topics include: * Women′s Rights * Middle Class Squeeze * Vanishing Jobs * Race and Politics * Domestic Poverty * Welfare Reform * Hunger in America * Social Security Reform * Child Welfare Reform * Wounded Veterans * Universal Coverage * Ending Homelessness * Mortgage Crisis * Caring for the Elderly * Aging Baby Boomers * Gender Pay Gap * The Obama Presidency.

Employee benefits and executive compensation, long a matter of considerable interest to employees and employers, have become subjects of increasingly intense public scrutiny and debate in the past few years. Indeed, you cannot pick up a newspaper, listen to a news broadcast, or consult the Internet without encountering a report on these subjects. These issues played heavily during the 2008 presidential campaign.