When All Is Said and Done: The Aftermath of Welfare “Reform” in the United States

Although the need for a broadened and reformed welfare state is perhaps greater than ever, ideological opposition to the welfare state has never been so great, so well organized, and so powerfully represented. Economic laws do not demand poverty, homelessness, and other forms of inequality, and the...

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Main Author: Tourigny, Sylvie C. (Author)
Contributors: Brown, Delores D. Jones
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 128-135
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Poverty
Affirmative action program laws
United States. Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Public welfare > United States
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Summary:Although the need for a broadened and reformed welfare state is perhaps greater than ever, ideological opposition to the welfare state has never been so great, so well organized, and so powerfully represented. Economic laws do not demand poverty, homelessness, and other forms of inequality, and the failure to prevent the increase of homelessness represents the most careless inattention to the consequences of a smaller middle class, a larger poverty class, and a pervasive abatement of equality.
ISSN:2327-641X