Welfare Realities: From Rhetoric to Reform - Couverture souple

Bane, Mary Jo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674949137 ISBN 13 : 9780674949133

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood examine the American welfare system--its recipients, its providers, and the swirl of policy ideas surrounding it--with objectivity and clarity. Focusing on the AFDC Program (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), they examine the composition of the populations receiving assistance, the duration of that assistance--who receives benefits for a long time and who only briefly, during important transitional periods--and the prospects facing AFDC recipients within the administrative culture of the system. The authors identify three models that have been used to explain "welfare dependency" and test them against an accumulating body of evidence They offer suggestions for identifying potential long-term recipients so that resources can be targeted to encourage self-sufficiency. Finally, they review policy options.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Mary Jo Bane is Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

David T. Ellwood is Academic Dean and Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674949137
• ISBN 13: 9780674949133
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 238
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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