The Human Cost of Welfare: How the System Hurts the People It's Supposed to Help - Couverture rigide

Harvey, Phil; Conyers, Lisa

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1440845344 ISBN 13 : 9781440845345

Editeur : Praeger, 2016

Synopsis

Why is the welfare system failing to work for so many people? This book examines the problems with the current welfare system and proposes reforms to create a smarter, smaller system that helps people improve their lives through rewarding work.
Unlike other books on welfare, this one draws on the stories of more than 100 welfare recipients who are trapped in a system that keeps them underemployed and unemployed. The authors present case studies that show that being a part of a welfare program can actively result in the recipient having to limit their job efforts for fear of losing government assistance. The book examines all major U.S. welfare systems, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, SNAP, Medicaid, and others.

The authors begin by exploring the nation's basic poverty issues and examining the relationship between work and happiness. Next, they zero in on specific welfare programs, reporting both on their dollar costs and on the ways that they fail enrollees. The book then concludes with strategies for addressing the shortcomings of the current U.S. welfare system. This book is appropriate for readers interested in public policy, government programs, welfare, and cultural shifts in America. It adds a new perspective to the existing body of welfare scholarship by systematically assessing the impact of welfare on the receivers themselves.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

PHILIP D. HARVEY is president of DKT International, a non-profit organization that oversees social marketing programs in eight countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America./e

Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington and a contributing editor of The Atlantic. He has also written for The New Republic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among many other publications. He lives with his husband in Washington, DC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440845344
• ISBN 13: 9781440845345
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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