Workfare why good social policy ideas go bad - Quaid, Maeve (University of Toronto Press, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-240) and index
What is workfare? Something, nothing, or anything and everything -- Policy chic : putting the poor to work -- California's GAIN program : the operation was a success but the patient died -- Wisconsin : Tommy Thompson and his welfare miracle -- New York City's Work Experience Program : 'same shit, different day -- 'Learnfare' in New Brunswick : tune in, turn on, drop out -- Alberta's mandatory 'voluntary opportunities' -- Ontario works program : mutiny on the bounty -- Why good ideas for bad : a six-hazard model