Work Over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law (Inscribed First Edition, First Printing)
Language: English
Published by Brookings Institution Press, 2006
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- Signed
- Hardcover
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Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this detailed history of the policy creation and political negotiation that resulted in a fundamental overhaul of the nation's welfare system via the 1996 Welfare Reform Law. Inscribed by Ron Haskins to a policy maker on the front endpaper. "Dear X, You were the hidden force behind welfare reform. I think learned more about how Washington works by watching you than I learned by any other means. I doubt that welfare reform would have passed without your behind-the-scenes operations. The nation owes you a debt. Cordially, Ron." 450 pages. Minimal sign of previous use.
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- Title
- Work Over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law (Inscribed First Edition, First Printing)
- Author
- Haskins, Ron
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution Press
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0815735081
- ISBN 13
- 9780815735083
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Haskins starts his story in the early 1990s, as a small group of Republicans lays the groundwork for welfare reform by developing innovative policies to encourage work and fight illegitimacy. These ideas, which included such controversial provisions as mandatory work requirements and time limits for welfare recipients, later became part of the Republicans' Contract with America and were ultimately passed into law. But their success was hardly foreordained. Haskins brings to life the often bitter House and Senate debates the Republican proposals provoked, as well as the backroom negotiations that kept welfare reform alive through two presidential vetoes. In the process, he illuminates both the personalities and the processes that were crucial to the ultimate passage of the 1996 bill. He also analyzes the changes it has wrought on the social and political landscape over the past decade.
In Work over Welfare, Haskins has provided the most authoritative account of welfare reform to date. Anyone with an interest in social welfare or politics in general will learn a great deal from this insightful and revealing book.
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