Out of reach : place, poverty, and the new American welfare state /

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Changes in welfare programmes since 1996 have transformed the way America cares for its poor. For every dollar spent on cash welfare payments, 20 dollars are spent on service programmes targeted at the working poor. This text examines the system and the role that geography plays in the system's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allard, Scott W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Human services > United States.
Welfare state > United States.
Federal aid to public welfare > United States.
Services sociaux > États-Unis.
État providence > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Federal aid to public welfare.
Human services.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social policy.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social policy.
Washington (D.C.) > Social policy.
California > Los Angeles.
Illinois > Chicago.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Place, poverty, and the new American welfare state
  • Spatial inequality in the safety net
  • The financing and stability of organizations serving the poor
  • A comparison of faith-based and secular nonprofit service providers
  • The politics of a fragmented welfare state
  • Repairing holes in the safety net.

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