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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Allard, Scott W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
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.)
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 ability to offer help.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index.
ISBN:9780300152838
0300152833
1282352059
9781282352056

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