RT Article
T1 The Protagonists and Ideas Behind the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996: The Enactment of a Conservative Welfare System
JF Social justice
VO 28
IS 4
SP 4
OP 32
A1 O'Connor, Brendon 1969-
LA English
YR 2001
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/174715900X
AB The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 culminated over 20 years of conservative agitation against liberal welfare policies. The legislation demands self-sufficiency and personal responsibility, and the new welfare system can be viewed as a conservative social experiment with grand promises and possibly high social costs. Those concerned with poverty in America will have to closely monitor this new approach and find better ways of addressing poverty than they have in the past. Interviews with supporters and critics of the legislation are discussed.
K1 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways & Means
K1 Legislative bills
K1 Affirmative action program laws
K1 United States. Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
K1 Public welfare -- United States
K1 Conservatism -- United States