Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform
by
Sandra L. Morgen, Joan Acker, Jill Weigt
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However,...