Welfare transformed :: universalizing family policies that work /

In the ten years after President Clinton made good on his promise to "end welfare as we know it" by signing the reform act of 1996, the number of families on welfare dropped by over three million. This hotly contested legislation has fueled countless hyperbolic arguments from both sides of...

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1. Verfasser: Cherry, Robert D., 1944-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Zusammenfassung:In the ten years after President Clinton made good on his promise to "end welfare as we know it" by signing the reform act of 1996, the number of families on welfare dropped by over three million. This hotly contested legislation has fueled countless hyperbolic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum rather than a clearheaded examination of the actual results of the reform. Robert Cherry steps into the fray with a story that differs sharply from both conservative and liberal critiques. He portrays the women who left welfare as success stories rather than victims, and stre.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 213 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-208) and index.
ISBN:9780198040385
0198040385
9780195183122
0195183126
9781435600911
1435600916
9786611162597
6611162593

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