Washington's New Poor Law Welfare

Washington's New Poor Law Welfare "Reform" and the Roads Not Taken, 1935 to the Present

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ISBN13: 9780945257837
ISBN10: 094525783X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-10-01
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Washington's New Poor Law and Welfare Repeal: Introduction and Overview
1(27)
Welfare as We Knew It: Myths and Reality
2(4)
The Welfare Reform Tradition
6(2)
Washington's New Poor Law
8(2)
Welfare Repeal: Right, Left, and Center
10(2)
The Argument of the Book
12(7)
Outline of the Book
19(9)
Aid to Dependent Children is Born
28(29)
The Great Depression and the Birth of ADC
30(8)
Beyond Mother's Aid--But How Far?
38(16)
Summary: The Formative Years
54(3)
Welfare Law and Labor Law: The Formative Years
57(18)
Why Were Work Programs Limited and Temporary?
58(3)
Sexism, Racism, and New Deal Employment Policies
61(1)
World War II and Full Employment
62(2)
The Defeat of Full Employment
64(6)
African-Americans, Young Workers, and Women in the Postwar Economy
70(2)
Unemployment and Economic Dependency
72(1)
Summary: The Roads Not Taken
73(2)
Expanding Economy and Exploding Relief Rolls
75(28)
The Welfare Initiatives of the Kennedy Administration
76(3)
In-Kind Support for the Poor
79(2)
Employment Conditions
81(4)
Explaining the Welfare Explosion
85(15)
Summary: Work, Welfare, and Economic Opportunity
100(3)
Setting the Stage for Welfare ``Reform,'' 1967-1980
103(25)
The Macroeconomic Context of Policy Making, 1967-1980
104(2)
The Demise of Keynesianism and the Return of Laissez-Faire
106(2)
The Ideological Offensive
108(1)
The Political and Ideological Mobilization of the Business Community
109(4)
The Rise of the New Right
113(2)
Social Theory Reconstructs the Poor
115(6)
The White Backlash Reconsidered
121(3)
Rising Inequality
124(1)
Summary: From Ideological War to Electoral Victory
125(3)
Enter Welfare ``Reform,'' 1967-1980
128(37)
Congressional Initiatives
129(5)
High-Level--but Unheeded--Advice
134(6)
Presidential Initiatives
140(15)
Brief Encounters with Job Creation and Full Employment
155(8)
Summary: Ready for ``Righty''
163(2)
The Final Act: Welfare's Repeal
165(37)
The Economic and Social Policy Strategy of the Reagan ``Revolution''
166(6)
Welfare Reform by Default
172(9)
The Clinton Administration: Lurching toward Welfare Repeal
181(3)
From the New Deal to the Newt Deal
184(5)
From Welfare Reform to Welfare Repeal
189(7)
The Final Act: Welfare's Repeal
196(5)
Summary: The Failure of the Liberal Imagination
201(1)
Washington's New Poor Law: Part I
202(40)
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: What Does It Do?
203(1)
The Work Requirement: What Does the Law Say?
204(2)
The End of Entitlement: Will the States Do a Better Job?
206(11)
Poverty Pirates: The Dangers of Privatization
217(5)
Where Are the Jobs? The Dubious Premises of the PRWORA
222(4)
Job Creation: The Elusive Elixir
226(8)
The Limits of Private Charity
234(3)
Workfare: Work without Fairness
237(3)
Summary: The Uncertain Future of Welfare-to-Work
240(2)
Washington's New Poor Law: Part II
242(24)
Education and Training: Enormous Needs, Inadequate Provision
243(4)
Child Care: A Major Barrier to Employment and Self-Sufficiency
247(2)
The Uncertain Future of Child Support
249(1)
Welfare Caseloads: A Mirror of Public Neglect
250(3)
Medicaid Losses: The Law of Unintended Consequences
253(1)
The Synergistic Effects of Welfare Repeal and Cuts in Other Safety-Net Programs
254(7)
The Discriminatory Impact of Welfare Repeal
261(2)
The Politics of Welfare Reform
263(3)
Real Welfare Reform: The Roads Not Taken
266(47)
Reasons for Repeal
268(14)
Real Reform: An Entitlement to Work and to Welfare
282(17)
Is Jobs for All Politically Possible?
299(9)
The Building Blocks for a Full-Employment Movement
308(5)
Notes 313(188)
Glossary 501(3)
Index 504

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