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Ending welfare as we know it /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weaver, R. Kent, 1953-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2000]
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States.
Poor > Government policy > United States.
Welfare recipients > Government policy > United States.
Family policy > United States.
United States > Social policy > 1993-
United States > Politics and government > 1993-2001.
Aide sociale > États-Unis.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Politique familiale > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 1993-
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1993-2001.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Welfare reform as a political and policy problem
  • Welfare as we knew it
  • Explaining welfare politics: context, choices, traps
  • The past as prologue
  • Welfare reform agendas in the 1990s
  • The role of policy research
  • Public opinion on welfare reform
  • Interest groups and welfare reform
  • Not ending welfare as we know it: the Clinton administration's welfare reform initiative
  • A new Congress, a new dynamic
  • Stop and go in the Senate
  • Endgames and aftershocks
  • Gaining ground? The new world of welfare
  • Welfare reform and the dynamics of American politics.