This book traces the growth of the American welfare state from the colonial era through the latest welfare reform bill and shows that government welfare programs have been a disastrous failure for everyone involved: for taxpayers, who must pick up the bill for failed programs; for society, whose med...

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1. Verfasser:	Tanner, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, DC Cato Inst. 1996
Schlagworte:	Aide sociale - Bénéficiaires - Travail - États-Unis Aide sociale - États-Unis État providence Public welfare > United States Welfare recipients > Employment > United States Welfare state Sozialpolitik Armut Sozialhilfe USA
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Zusammenfassung:	This book traces the growth of the American welfare state from the colonial era through the latest welfare reform bill and shows that government welfare programs have been a disastrous failure for everyone involved: for taxpayers, who must pick up the bill for failed programs; for society, whose mediating institutions of community, church, and family are increasingly pushed aside; and most of all for the poor themselves, who are trapped in a system that destroys opportunity for them and hope for their children Tanner carefully examines the welfare reforms most often suggested by both liberals and conservatives - from job training to child care to workfare - and rejects them as unlikely to solve welfare's problems. Concluding that welfare cannot be reformed, Tanner calls for an end to government welfare and a return to the civil society's tradition of self-help and private charity. Tanner uses both "real-world" examples and the latest academic data to show that the civil society offers a far better way to fight poverty. As the debate over welfare reform moves into its next phase, Tanner offers a provocative alternative that is neither liberal nor conservative and is based on true compassion
Beschreibung:	VII, 226 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:	188257737X