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The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century

The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century

Segal, Elizabeth

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Medical ReferencePoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0789029227
ISBN13: 9780789029225
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 3 2006
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.42
Language: English

Find out howand whylegislation has made economic rights more important than human rights

Since 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the success of welfare reform legislation despite little, if any, evidence to support their claims. The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century presents articles from 23 community practitioners and researchers who challenge the reform that has turned public aid from a right to a privilege. The authors transcend conventional academic writing, offering careful and thoughtful analysis that examines the history of welfare reform, its connection to poverty, family issues, and the impact of racism on poverty and on the treatment of the poor.

The Promise of Welfare Reform analyzes the consequences over the past ten years of legislative changes made to the public assistance program formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependant Children (AFDC). This powerful book examines the social, political, and economic context of welfare reform, including the elimination of poverty as a societal goal, how racial and ethic groups have been targeted, popular stereotypes about the poor and their work ethic, anti-immigrant hostility, the struggles of single mothers with children, domestic violence, and marriage as a realistic escape from poverty. The book's authors address the need for empathy and understanding to change public sentiments about welfare and poverty.

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