{"product_id":"promise-of-welfare-reform","title":"Promise of Welfare Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003eFind out howand whylegislation has made economic rights more important than human rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 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 Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century presents articles from 23 community practitioners and researchers who challenge the reform that has turned public aid from a right to a privilege. The authors transcend conventional academic writing, offering careful and thoughtful analysis that examines the history of welfare reform, its connection to poverty, family issues, and the impact of racism on poverty and on the treatment of the poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Promise of Welfare Reform analyzes the consequences over the past ten years of legislative changes made to the public assistance program formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependant Children (AFDC). This powerful book examines the social, political, and economic context of welfare reform, including the elimination of poverty as a societal goal, how racial and ethic groups have been targeted, popular stereotypes about the poor and their work ethic, anti-immigrant hostility, the struggles of single mothers with children, domestic violence, and marriage as a realistic escape from poverty. The book’s authors address the need for empathy and understanding to change public sentiments about welfare and poverty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors to The Promise of Welfare Reform include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Elizabeth A. Segal and Keith M. Kilty, co-founding editors of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e (Haworth) \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Frances Fox Piven, co-author of \u003ci\u003eRegulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ann Withorn, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFor Crying Out Loud: Women’s Poverty in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mimi Abramovitz, author of \u003ci\u003eUnder Attack, Fighting Back: Women and Welfare in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Joel Blau, co-author with Mimi Abramovitz of \u003ci\u003eThe Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Margaret K. Nelson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Social Economy of Single Mothers: Raising Children in Rural America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gwendolyn Mink, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWelfare: A Documentary History of U.S. Policy and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Kenneth J. Neubeck, co-author of \u003ci\u003eWelfare Racism: Playing the Race Card Against America’s Poor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lynn Fujiwara, author of \u003ci\u003eSanctioning Immigrants: Asian Immigrant Women and the Racial Politics of Welfare Reform\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nancy C. Jurik, author of \u003ci\u003eBootstrap Dreams: U.S. Microenterprise Developments in an Era of Welfare Reform\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e and much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Promise of Welfare Reform challenges current views on welfare reform and promotes alternative methods to alleviate poverty. It is an essential resource for sociologists, political scientists, economists, public policy and management specialists, social welfare and human services workers, and anyone else concerned about changes made to public assistance by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245262098776,"sku":"9780789029225","price":70.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780789029225.jpg?v=1770262235","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/promise-of-welfare-reform","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}