| Acknowledgments | |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | The Politics of Welfare Reform, 1919-1923 | 44 |
| Ch. 2 | Weltanschauung and Staatsauffassung in the Making of the National Youth Welfare Law | 76 |
| Ch. 3 | The New Poor and the Politics of Group Entitlements, 1919-1923 | 91 |
| Ch. 4 | Between Public Assistance and Social Security | 114 |
| Ch. 5 | Gender, Social Discipline, and the Social Work Profession | 141 |
| Ch. 6 | Corporatism, Weltanschauungskampf, and the Demise of Parliamentary Democracy in the Welfare Sector | 181 |
| Ch. 7 | The Contradictions of the Republican Welfare State, 1928-1933 | 203 |
| Ch. 8 | From the Welfare State to the Racial State: Eugenics and Welfare Reform, 1928-1934 | 239 |
| Bibliography | 277 |
| Index | 281 |
