In the Aftermath of Welfare “Reform”

The writers introduce an issue that strives to evaluate the fallout in the U.S. of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). Although PRWORA has resulted in falling welfare rolls and an era of “personal responsibility,” the popular press and ethnographic a...

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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: 1-3
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Affirmative action program laws
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Public welfare > United States
Social Policy
United States. Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
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Summary:The writers introduce an issue that strives to evaluate the fallout in the U.S. of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). Although PRWORA has resulted in falling welfare rolls and an era of “personal responsibility,” the popular press and ethnographic accounts increasingly challenge that view, highlighting the staggering human costs among those who remain in the ideological cross fire.