Ending Welfare As We Know It,9780815792475

Ending Welfare As We Know It

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ISBN13: 9780815792475
ISBN10: 0815792476
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher(s): Brookings Institution Press
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Summary

Weaver provides a definitive political history of the 1996 welfare reform lesgislation. He addresses three sets of questions about the politics of welfare reform: the dismal history of comprehensive AFDC reform initiatives; the dramatic changes in the welfare reform agenda over the past thirty years; and the reasons why comprehensive welfare reform at the national level succeeded in 1996 after falling in 1995, and in 1993-1994.

Author Biography

R. Kent Weaver is a senior fellow in the Governmental Studies program at the Brookings Institution.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Welfare Reform as a Political and Policy Problem
1(8)
Welfare as We Knew It
9(14)
Poverty and American Families
10(1)
The Structure of American Family Support Policies
11(12)
Explaining Welfare Politics: Context, Choices, Traps
23(31)
Contextual Forces in Welfare Reform Politics
24(5)
Analyzing Political Choice
29(14)
Policymaking Traps in Reforming Welfare
43(9)
Stasis and Change in Welfare Policy
52(2)
The Past as Prologue
54(48)
Growing Controversy over AFDC
55(2)
Nixon's Family Assistance Plan
57(3)
Carter Tries Again
60(6)
The Budget Blitzkrieg of 1981
66(2)
Reagan's New Federalism
68(2)
The Family Support Act of 1988
70(8)
Policy Counterpoint: Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit
78(6)
Patterns and Lessons in Welfare Reform
84(7)
Avoiding the Welfare Reform Policymaking Traps
91(9)
Conclusions
100(2)
Welfare Reform Agendas in the 1990s
102(33)
Getting Politicians' Attention: The Problem Stream
103(3)
Welfare Reform Options: The Policy Stream
106(20)
Raising the Stakes: The Political Stream
126(7)
Conclusions
133(2)
The Role of Policy Research
135(34)
The Boom in Policy Research
140(3)
Uses and Limitations of Policy Research
143(2)
Issues Surrounding Program Entry
145(8)
From Program Exit to Self-Sufficiency
153(7)
Conclusions: Policy Research and the Politics of Dissensus
160(9)
Public Opinion on Welfare Reform
169(27)
Public Opinion and Policy Change
169(2)
The Importance of Elite Priming
171(1)
Analyzing Opinion on Welfare
172(3)
Causes of Poverty and Welfare Dependence
175(2)
Attitudes toward Specific Reforms
177(9)
Whom Do You Trust?
186(4)
Conclusions and Implications
190(6)
Interest Groups and Welfare Reform
196(26)
Child Advocacy Groups
199(7)
The Democratic Leadership Council
206(1)
Intergovernmental Groups
207(4)
Social Conservative Groups
211(6)
Conclusions: The Ambiguous Impact of Groups
217(5)
Not Ending Welfare as We Know It: The Clinton Administration's Welfare Reform Initiative
222(30)
The Political Environment for Welfare Reform
223(5)
A Crowded Agenda
228(4)
Policy Choice and the Politics of Formulation
232(5)
Coming to Closure
237(5)
The Clinton Administration Proposal
242(4)
The Political Feasibility of the Clinton Plan
246(2)
Conclusions
248(4)
A New Congress, a New Dynamic
252(42)
The Electoral Earthquake
253(7)
Initial Bids
260(14)
Evolving Bids: Seeking a Workable Compromise in the House
274(15)
Explaining the Republican Success in the House
289(5)
Stop and Go in the Senate
294(22)
Setting the Stage in the Senate
295(6)
Stop and Go
301(2)
A Fragile Republican Coalition
303(10)
Aftershocks
313(3)
Endgames and Aftershocks
316(26)
Bargaining Positions and Bargaining Rules
317(3)
Endgame One: The Budget Process and Initial Vetoes
320(1)
Endgame Two: The Senate Bill and Gubernatorial Intervention
321(4)
Endgame Three: Moving a Bill
325(3)
Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
328(7)
Aftershocks
335(2)
Conclusions
337(5)
Gaining Ground? The New World of Welfare
342(13)
Declining Caseloads
343(1)
State Program Design
344(3)
Welfare Offices
347(3)
The Behavior of Welfare Recipients
350(2)
The Long-Term Prognosis
352(3)
Welfare Reform and the Dynamics of American Politics
355(32)
The Politics of Welfare Agenda Change
355(4)
The Political Barriers to Comprehensive Welfare Reform
359(5)
Enacting Welfare Reform, 1995-96
364(18)
The Centrality of Choice
382(5)
Notes 387(78)
Index 465

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