U.S. Social Welfare Reform: Policy Transitions from 1981 to the Present

by Richard K. Caputo

Book Overview

U. S. Social Welfare Reform examines pivotal changes in social welfare for low-income families in the United States between 1981, the advent of the Reagan administration, and 2008, the end of the G.W. Bush administration. It focuses on the change from the Federal-state open entitlement Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program to the time-limited state run Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program which Congress authorized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441976736
• ISBN13: 9781441976734
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"