| From Rhetoric To Reform?: Welfare Policy In American Politics Contributor(s): Cammisa, Anne Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813329965 ISBN-13: 9780813329963 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: In discussing how political rhetoric shapes the welfare debate, author Anne Marie Cammisa examines our response to caring for the less fortunate, how welfare came to be the problem instead of the solution, and welfare policy from the federal to the state level. Also, a chapter is devoted to the 1996 welfare reform bill and its impact on the states in 1997. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 362.580 |
| LCCN: 97049311 |
| Series: Dilemmas in American Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.91" W x 8.92" (0.58 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By framing the dilemma in American politics in terms of helping the poor or reducing dependency, this book examines the question of what government assistance can do. It explains why some people believe that focusing on dependency moves us away from the real problem of welfare reform. |