From Rhetoric To Reform? Welfare Policy In American Politics
Innbundet /
2019
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9780367315863
Published
2019-08-28
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
453 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
188
Author
Biographical note
Anne Marie Cammisa is assistant professor of government at Suffolk University. Since 1994 she has been a visiting scholar at the Murray Research centre at Radcliffe College.
Welfare policy illustrates both the strengths and weaknesses of the American political process. The central political dilemma is how welfare policy can assist the poor without creating dependency. Although policy solutions tend to focus on the short term, they are often responsive to public input. This book explores why the debate on welfare policy
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A discussion of how political rhetoric shapes the debate on welfare policy in the United States. The author considers topics such as how welfare became a programme fraught with problems and abuses, and why and when welfare was the answer to a problem and when it became the problem.
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1 Introduction: Why Is Welfare a Dilemma for American Politics? -- 2 A Brief History of Welfare in the United States -- 3 Welfare Reform in the Policymaking Process -- 4 Welfare Policy in American Politics: From Rhetoric to Reform -- 5 Implementation and Beyond: The Present and Future of Welfare Reform
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Product details
ISBN
9780367315863
Published
2019-08-28
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
453 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
188
Author