From Rhetoric To Reform?: Welfare Policy In American Politics / Edition 1

by Anne Marie Cammisa

Overview

By framing the dilemma in American politics in terms of helping the poor or reducing dependency, this book examines the question of what government assistance can do. It explains why some people believe that focusing on dependency moves us away from the real problem of welfare reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813329963
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	02/27/1998
Series:	Dilemmas in American Politics Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anne Marie Cammisa is assistant professor of government at Suffolk University. Since 1994 she has been a visiting scholar at the Murray Research Center at Radcliffe College.

Table of Contents

Dilemmas in American Politics — Dedication — Acronyms — Preface — Introduction: Why Is Welfare a Dilemma for American Politics? — A Brief History of Welfare in the United States — Welfare Reform in the Policymaking Process — Welfare Policy in American Politics: From Rhetoric to Reform — Implementation and Beyond: The Present and Future of Welfare Reform — Discussion Questions

Editorial Reviews

A British view of why the debate on whether US welfare helps poor people or creates dependency has shifted to the vantage point of conservatives. Considers such questions as what happened to welfare, how did it become fraught with problems and abuses, and why and when it shifted from being an answer to being a problem itself. Devotes a chapter to the 1996 welfare reform bill and its impacts on the states in 1997. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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