Stretched Thin

by Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, Jill Weigt

Book Overview

When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However, assessments about the assumptions and consequences of this radical change to the nation's social safety net were actually far more varied and disputed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801475104
• ISBN13: 9780801475108
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher