| Description |
1 online resource |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 4, 2016). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Welfare reforms need reforming -- Part I. The welfare conflict. -- What does work have to do with happiness? -- The war between welfare and work -- Part II. The counterproductive qualifications for welfare. -- What counts as poverty -- Marriage, childbearing, and teen pregnancy -- Part III. Welfare programs in theory and in fact. -- TANF : the changing face of cash assistance -- A housing system leaves the needy out in the cold -- Who gets food stamps? -- WIC : missteps with women and children -- How we disable the disabled -- Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act -- The Earned Income Tax Credit : welfare done (almost) right -- Part IV. Building blocks for a better welfare system. -- Patterns of dependence and independence : American Indians on reservations, barterers, and immigrants -- What should be done : from incentives to special savings accounts, solutions abound to get Americans back to work. |
| Summary |
This book examines the problems with the current welfare system and proposes reforms to create a smarter, smaller system that helps people improve their lives through rewarding work. |
| Subject |
Welfare recipients -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security.
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Social policy. (OCoLC)fst01122738
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Public welfare. (OCoLC)fst01083250
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Public welfare -- United States.
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United States -- Social policy.
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Poor -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Welfare recipients. (OCoLC)fst01173635
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Poor. (OCoLC)fst01071040
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Local Subject |
Poor people -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Conyers, Lisa, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Human cost of welfare. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2016] 9781440845345 (DLC) 2015039114 |
| ISBN |
9781440845352 (electronic bk.) |
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1440845352 (electronic bk.) |
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9781440845345 |
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1440845344 |
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