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Introduction: Reforming US Welfare Again and Again

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2003

Robert Walker  and
Michael Wiseman
Robert Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham and Institute for Fiscal Studies E-mail: robert.walker@nottingham.ac.uk
Michael Wiseman
Affiliation:
George Washington University and the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin E-mail: wisemanm@gwu.edu
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Abstract

In 1996, the USA became the first major democracy to eliminate individual entitlement to the social safety net. The reforms introduced in the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act are briefly outlined in this editorial article, which, drawing on the papers assembled in this themed section, considers the consequences of the legislation, both positive and negative, and seeks to explain why the new policy regime seems likely to prove resilient.

Type
Themed Section on Reforming US Welfare
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 109 - 112
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2003

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