The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century

by Elizabeth Segal

Book Overview

Find out how--and why--legislation has made economic rights more important than human rights

Since 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the "success" of welfare reform legislation despite little, if any, evidence to support their claims. The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century presents articles from 23 community practitioners and researchers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789029219
• ISBN13: 9780789029218
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 8.5"