Welfare Reform, 1996-2000: Is There a Safety Net?

by Robert Morris and John E. Hansan

As editors Morris and Hansan make clear, the United States is truly the reluctant welfare state. Unlike other industrialized nations, the United States has never adopted a universal policy to support a minimum economic standard for children and their families. And, with the passage of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, the United States became the first industrialized nation to shift primary responsibility...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865692815
• ISBN13: 9780865692817
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"