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The third lie : why government programs don't work-- and a blueprint for change / Richard J. Gelles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gelles, Richard J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle class.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Social policy--1993-.
- United States.
- Social policy.
- Health care reform--United States.
- Health care reform.
- Educational sociology--United States.
- Educational sociology.
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Middle class--United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Richard J. Gelles is Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also holds The Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence. Gelles is an internationally known expert in domestic violence and child welfare and was influential in the passage of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. He is the author of 24 books and more than 100 articles, chapters and papers. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: government programs : the good, the bad, and the ugly
- There ought to be a law!
- When good intentions go bad : the education of Jennifer Felix
- Programs that work
- Effective government social programs: a new blueprint
- Rebuilding Main Street : the futures account
- Round up the usual suspects
- The drunk and the lamp post
- The emperor's wardrobe consultant
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1611320518
- 9781611320503
- 161132050X
- 9781611320510
- 9781611320527
- 1611320526
- OCLC:
- 726818946
- Publisher Number:
- 99947868730
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