Stretched thin : poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform /

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This volume examines the effects of mid 1990s welfare reform in the state of Oregon. The reforms made cash assistance temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. Based on comprehensive research conducted in the late 1990s, researchers interviewed and observed low-inc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morgen, Sandra
Otros Autores: Acker, Joan, Weigt, Jill Michele, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Oregon. > Adult and Family Services Division.
United States. > Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program)
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (United States)
Geschichte 1996-2010.
Public welfare > Oregon.
Public welfare administration > Oregon.
Welfare recipients > Oregon.
Poor families > Oregon.
Social workers > Oregon.
Aide sociale > Oregon.
Aide sociale > Administration > Oregon.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > Oregon.
Familles pauvres > Oregon.
Travailleurs sociaux > Oregon.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Poor families.
Public welfare.
Public welfare administration.
Social workers.
Welfare recipients.
Empirische Sozialforschung
Sozialwesen
Oregon.
Oregon
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume examines the effects of mid 1990s welfare reform in the state of Oregon. The reforms made cash assistance temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. Based on comprehensive research conducted in the late 1990s, researchers interviewed and observed low-income families across the state, as well as welfare workers and administrators. These interviews led to new definitions of the problems facing those who work within the welfare delivery system and the people the system serves. The researchers assessed the strengths and shortcoming of welfare reform, and they suggest policy directions that will promote economic security and family well being. The reasons for the overall failure of welfare reform, the authors concluded, are complex and rooted in a misdiagnosis of the reasons that millions of families are poor and dependence on policy solutions "that intensified economic insecurity and reproduced inequalities more than they fostered poverty reduction or economic opportunity." The authors call for an immediate effort to build a stronger social safety net and to repeal the most onerous provisions of welfare reform. They recommend a host of policies to promote economic security including a focus on developing higher wage jobs, health care reform, and access to high quality and affordable higher education, housing and child care.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780801459085
0801459087

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