The New Consensus on Family and Welfare
Author | : Michael Novak |
Publisher | : Aei Press |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780844736242 |
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Author | : Michael Novak |
Publisher | : Aei Press |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780844736242 |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Family policy |
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Author | : Darren Barany |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2018-07-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1438470568 |
Discusses the conservative ideological and political attack on welfare in the United States. Winner of the 2019 Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award presented by the Marxist Section of the American Sociological Association Families on welfare in the United States are the target of much public indignation from not only the general public but also political figures and the very workers whose job it is to help the poor. The question is, What explains this animus and, more specifically, the failure of the United States to prioritize a sufficient social wage for poor families outside of labor markets? The New Welfare Consensus offers a comprehensive look at welfare in the United States and how it has evolved in the last few decades. Darren Barany examines the origins of American antiwelfarism and traces how, over time, fundamentally conservative ideas became the dominant way of thinking about the welfare state, work, family, and personal responsibility, resulting in a paternalistic and stingy system of welfare programs. Darren Barany is Assistant Professor of Sociology at LaGuardia Community College, the City University of New York.
Author | : Darren Barany |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2018-08-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 143847055X |
Discusses the conservative ideological and political attack on welfare in the United States. Families on welfare in the United States are the target of much public indignation from not only the general public but also political figures and the very workers whose job it is to help the poor. The question is, What explains this animus and, more specifically, the failure of the United States to prioritize a sufficient social wage for poor families outside of labor markets? The New Welfare Consensus offers a comprehensive look at welfare in the United States and how it has evolved in the last few decades. Darren Barany examines the origins of American antiwelfarism and traces how, over time, fundamentally conservative ideas became the dominant way of thinking about the welfare state, work, family, and personal responsibility, resulting in a paternalistic and stingy system of welfare programs. This book provides a skilled analysis of the conservative ideology about the welfare state. By analyzing the different strands of conservative thought, Barany shows how this ideology developed and converged into its contemporary form. Joel Blau, author of The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy, Fourth Edition
Author | : Sandra Morgen |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2013-09-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0801459087 |
When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However, assessments about the assumptions and consequences of this radical change to the nation's social safety net were actually far more varied and disputed than the label "consensus" suggests. By examining the varied realities and accountings of welfare restructuring, Stretched Thin looks back at a critical moment of policy change and suggests how welfare policy in the United States can be changed to better address the needs of poor families and the nation. Using ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews with poor families and welfare workers, survey data tracking more than 750 families over two years, and documentary evidence, Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt question the validity of claims that welfare reform has been a success. They show how poor families, welfare workers, and welfare administrators experienced and assessed welfare reform differently based on gender, race, class, and their varying positions of power and control within the welfare state. The authors document the ways that, despite the dramatic drop in welfare rolls, low-wage jobs and inadequate social supports left many families struggling in poverty. Revealing how the neoliberal principles of a drastically downsized welfare state and individual responsibility for economic survival were implemented through policies and practices of welfare provision and nonprovision, the authors conclude with new recommendations for reforming welfare policy to reduce poverty, promote economic security, and foster shared prosperity.
Author | : Michael Novak |
Publisher | : AEI Studies |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Analyses data from the 1985 Population Census to determine the different groups affected by poverty.
Author | : James S. Denton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
In the introduction, James S. Denton writes, 'The point of all the new programs of the 1960s, Americans were told, was to end poverty, not to underwrite it forever at indefinitely higher levels. Not only has the government failed to eliminate poverty, it has not even made progress towards that goal that can be detected by the most basic measures. The portion of the American population living in poverty remained essentially constant, from twelve to thirteen percent, between 1968 and 1985....This book is offered as a vehicle for hastening the emergence of (a) consensus on the need for comprehensive reform of the welfare system.' Contributors to this volume are: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, James S. Denton, Michael Novak, Leslie Lenkowsky, Glenn C. Loury, Carl A. Anderson, Blanche Bernstein, June O'Neill, Robert B. Carleson, William J. Gribbin, Richard Vedder, John C. Weicher, William Orzechowski, Rep. Jim Courter, Rep. Sander Levin and Rep. Robert S. Walker. Will be of great interest to policy makers, social workers and students who need to understand the issue of poverty. Co-published with the National Forum Foundation.
Author | : Jyoti Shankar Singh |
Publisher | : Earthscan |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : International Conference on Population and Development |
ISBN | : 9781853835650 |
Discusses the process and outcome of the International Conference on Population and Development which was held in 1994 in Cairo, Egypt.
Author | : Lester M. Salamon |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Political Science |
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Author | : Frank Stricker |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2011-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807882291 |
In a provocative assessment of American poverty and policy from 1950 to the present, Frank Stricker examines an era that has seen serious discussion about the causes of poverty and unemployment. Analyzing the War on Poverty, theories of the culture of poverty and the underclass, the effects of Reaganomics, and the 1996 welfare reform, Stricker demonstrates that most antipoverty approaches are futile without the presence (or creation) of good jobs. Stricker notes that since the 1970s, U.S. poverty levels have remained at or above 11%, despite training programs and periods of economic growth. The creation of jobs has continued to lag behind the need for them. Stricker argues that a serious public debate is needed about the job situation; social programs must be redesigned, a national health care program must be developed, and economic inequality must be addressed. He urges all sides to be honest--if we don't want to eliminate poverty, then we should say so. But if we do want to reduce poverty significantly, he says, we must expand decent jobs and government income programs, redirecting national resources away from the rich and toward those with low incomes. Why America Lost the War on Poverty--And How to Win It is sure to prompt much-needed debate on how to move forward.