1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457915703321

Autore

Haskins Ron

Titolo

Work over welfare [[electronic resource] ] : the inside story of the 1996 welfare reform law / / Ron Haskins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8157-3509-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Disciplina

362.5/840973

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States

Welfare recipients - Employment - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social policy 1993-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1.  Building the American Welfare State; 2.  Laying the Groundwork; 3.  House Republicans United behind Radical Reforms; 4.  The Contract with America; 5.  The House Initiates the Revolution; 6.  The Battle in the House, PART I:  Hearings; 7.  The Battle in the House, Part II:  Markups; 8.  The Battle in the House, Part III:  The Floor; 9.  The Senate Joins the Revolution; 10.  Budget Issues Trump Welfare Reform; 11.  Clinton Vetoes Welfare Reform, Again; 12.  The Governors Revive the Revolution; 13.  The Revolution Threatened

14.  Triumph:  Clinton Signs15.  Ten Years Later:  The Triumph of Work; Appendix:  The Welfare Reform Law That Reshaped American Social Policy; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Work over Welfare tells the inside story of the legislation that ended ''welfare as we know it.'' As a key staffer on the House Ways and Means Committee, author Ron Haskins was one of the architects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136336303321

Titolo

State of the Art in Biosensors : Environmental and Medical Applications / / edited by Toonika Rinken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rijeka, Croatia : , : Intech, , 2013

ISBN

953-51-6321-3

953-51-1035-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

610.2

Soggetti

Biosensors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.