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Autore |
Haskins Ron |
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Work over welfare [[electronic resource] ] : the inside story of the 1996 welfare reform law / / Ron Haskins |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (465 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public welfare - United States |
Welfare recipients - Employment - United States |
United States Social policy 1993- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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