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Welfare transformed : universalizing family policies that work /
In the ten years after President Clinton made good on his promise to "end welfare as we know it" by signing the reform act of 1996, the number of families on welfare dropped by over three million. This hotly contested legislation has fueled countless hyperbolic arguments from both sides of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the ten years after President Clinton made good on his promise to "end welfare as we know it" by signing the reform act of 1996, the number of families on welfare dropped by over three million. This hotly contested legislation has fueled countless hyperbolic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum rather than a clearheaded examination of the actual results of the reform. Robert Cherry steps into the fray with a story that differs sharply from both conservative and liberal critiques. He portrays the women who left welfare as success stories rather than victims, and stre. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 213 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198040385 0198040385 9780195183122 0195183126 9781435600911 1435600916 9786611162597 6611162593 |