Life after welfare : reform and the persistence of poverty /
"In the decade since President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 into law--amidst promises that it would "end welfare as we know it"--Have the reforms ending entitlements and moving toward time limits and work requirements lifte...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2007.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Families in a changing welfare context
- 2. The context for Texas poverty and welfare
- 3. The weak (and tangled) safety net
- 4. Making a living after welfare
- 5. Coping with barriers to self-sufficiency
- 6. Staying employed and off welfare
- 7. Low-income families and TANF policies
- Appendix A : Research methods
- Appendix B : Regression tables
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.