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From rhetoric to reform? : welfare policy in American politics

Title
From rhetoric to reform? : welfare policy in American politics / Anne Marie Cammisa.
Author
Cammisa, Anne Marie.
Publication
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1998.

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Description
xviii, 169 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
Welfare policy illustrates both the strengths and weaknesses of the American political process. The central political dilemma is how welfare policy can assist the poor without creating dependency. Although policy solutions tend to focus on the short term, they are often responsive to public input. This book explores why the debate on welfare policy has shifted to the conservative's vantage point. In discussing how political rhetoric shapes the welfare debate, Anne Marie Cammisa considers questions such as: What happened to welfare? How did it become a program fraught with problems and abuses? Why and when was welfare the answer to a problem - and when did it become the problem? She reviews our response to caring for the less fortunate and examines welfare policy from the federal to the state level. A chapter is devoted to the 1996 welfare reform bill and its impact on the states in 1997.
Series Statement
Dilemmas in American politics
Uniform Title
Dilemmas in American politics.
Subject
  • Since 1993
  • Public welfare > United States
  • Public welfare
  • Social policy
  • Sozialhilfe
  • Sozialpolitik
  • Bijstand
  • Hervormingen
  • Politieke aspecten
  • United States > Social policy > 1993-
  • United States
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-162) and index.
Contents
Why is welfare a dilemma for American politics? -- A brief history of welfare in the United States -- Welfare reform in the policy making process -- Welfare policy in American politics -- Implementation and beyond: the present and future of welfare reform.
ISBN
  • 0813329957
  • 9780813329956
  • 0813329965
  • 9780813329963
LCCN
97049311
OCLC
  • ocm38030261
  • 38030261
  • SCSB-357914
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library