Welfare Reform

by Seefeldt, Kristin S.; Lin, Ann Chih; Lin, Ann Chih

• ISBN13: 9781568026602
• ISBN10: 1568026609
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Summary

CQ's Vital Issues Series is a new reference collection that provides unparalleled, non-biased analysis of controversial topics debated at the local, state, and federal levels. All sides of an issue are equally covered, and the series delves into gray areas and well-defined positions. The series takes on hot topics that dominate the media, shape election-year politics and confront the American public.

Each Book Includes:
-- A CQ Researcher issue, also published by CQ press, that introduces the subject
-- In-depth explanation of pertinent politics, policy, and political players on federal, state, and local levels
-- An analysis of key for-profit and non-profit business interests
-- Discussion of the international reaction to how the U.S. handles the issue.

The books also feature extensive appendices of key documents such as a chronology, bibliographies, Web sites, encyclopedia articles, primary documents, facts, commentaries, policies, and Supreme Court rulings. A valuable series for high school, community college and university students, as well

Author Biography

Ann Chih Lin (editor) is associate professor in the Gerald R. Ford School of Publicy at the University of Michigan. Kristin S. Seefeldt (author) is a researcher at the University of Michigan's Poverty Research and Training Center

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	ix
Issues, Viewpoints, and Trends/The CQ Researcher Welfare Reform Update	1	(53)
The Issues	1	(16)
Background	17	(8)
Current Situation	25	(10)
Outlook	35	(5)
Notes	40	(3)
Bibliography	43	(11)
Politics and Policy	54	(48)
Welfare and Welfare Reform: 1930s-1990s	54	(12)
State Implementation of the Welfare Reform	66	(19)
Delivery of Welfare Services Under TANF	85	(5)
Looking Toward the Future: Possible Emerging Policy Issues	90	(6)
Notes	96	(6)
Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations	102	(35)
The Role of Businesses in Welfare Reform	103	(2)
The Ups and Downs of For-Profits in Welfare Reform	105	(5)
Business Involvement as Employers	110	(3)
Nonprofit Organizations	113	(17)
What Next for Businesses and Nonprofits in Welfare Reform?	130	(2)
Notes	132	(5)
International Implications	137	(22)
The Development of Social Welfare Systems	138	(2)
Models of Welfare States	140	(5)
Privatization and the Delivery of Welfare Services in Europe	145	(2)
Economic Change and the European Welfare System	147	(5)
Conclusion	152	(1)
Notes	153	(6)
Appendix	159	(104)
Further Research and Chronology	161	(4)
Bibliography of Print Sources	161	(1)
Bibliography of Internet Sources	162	(1)
Bibliography of Other Media	162	(1)
Chronology	163	(2)
Facts, Policies, and Commentary	165	(74)
California and the Wisconsin Welfare Waivers Experiments	165	(1)
Examples of State Work First Policies	166	(2)
Challenges with Welfare Privatization Policies	168	(2)
Charles Murray and Losing Ground	170	(1)
Long-Awaited Welfare Proposal Would Make Gradual Changes	171	(6)
Reconciliation: GOP Produces Welfare Agreement, Urges Clinton to Sign On	177	(3)
Welfare: Conference Report Highlights	180	(2)
Presidential Veto Message: Welfare-to-Work Provisions Cited in Veto of Overhaul	182	(2)
GOP Prepares to Act on Governors' Plan	184	(3)
Clinton's Changing Welfare Views	187	(2)
Presidential News Conference: Clinton Says Welfare Bill Is a `Real Step Forward'	189	(9)
Special Report/Social Policy--Issue: Welfare	198	(1)
Provisions: Welfare Overhaul Law	199	(29)
Parties Differ Over Success of '96 Welfare Law	228	(1)
As Welfare Caseloads Decline, Parties Disagree Over Whether to Reach Out or Cut Back	228	(3)
Welfare Overhaul's Next Wave	231	(8)
Primary Documents	239	(24)
Selected Sections of Family Support Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-485)	239	(11)
Selected Sections of Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193)	250	(4)
Selected Sections of the Personal Responsibility Act (Welfare Reform) as found in the ``Contract with America''	254	(5)
Supreme Court Decision in Saenz v. Roe	259	(4)
Index	263