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The political economy of welfare reform in the United States / Mary Reintsma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reintsma, Mary.
- Series:
- Locke Institute series.
- Locke Institute series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Public welfare--Law and legislation--United States.
- United States--Social policy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the legislative process that gave rise to The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), and presents two alternative theories to explain this process; the traditional public interest model of government and the public choice model.
- Contents:
- Social welfare policy
- Comparative social welfare policy
- Traditional public interest model
- The public choice perspective
- Government and its bureaucracy
- The origins of the new welfare law
- The genesis of the new welfare law
- Institutional analysis
- An econometric analysis of the variables affecting changes in welfare caseloads.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-21700-7
- 9786613217004
- 1-84720-712-X
- OCLC:
- 476101439
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