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

• Autore: Haskins Ron
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.5/840973
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - United States; Welfare recipients - Employment - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy 1993-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Work over welfare
• ISBN: 0-8157-3509-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457915703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II