The Promise of Welfare Reform

Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Patient Care, Health Care Delivery, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Social Services & Welfare, Social Science

• Author: Elizabeth Segal
• ISBN: 9781136748936
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Publication: May 17, 2006
• Imprint: Routledge
• Language: English

Find out how-and why-legislation 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