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<p>In the mid-1980s, the popularity of Charles Murray's anti-welfare treatise <i>Losing Ground</i> signaled the rising influence of the right-wing critique of welfare. In <i>Lost Ground: Welfare Reform, Poverty and Beyond</i>, a respected array of social scientists buck the conservative trend established by Murray and his cohorts, exposing welfare reform as a sham and positing new strategies to end poverty.</p><p>Since the mid-1990s, when Bill Clinton betrayed his supporters on the left by signing welfare reform legislation, the United States has drastically restructured its national policies regarding basic state supports for the poor. Welfare reform legislation is up for reauthorization on the federal level and in 32 states in 2002, but evidence suggesting that welfare reform has created more problems than it has solved is starting to mount. For example, studies marking the 5-year anniversary of welfare reform show that children forced off AFDC (Aid for Dependents and Children) are significantly less successful in school and more inclined toward violent and criminal behavior, even when their mothers have found employment.</p><p>The downside of welfare reform is documented in <i>L

Author

Randy Pearl Albelda, Ann Withorn, Ann Withorn, Barbara Ehrenreich

Publisher

Cambridge, MA: South End Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780896086586

Subjects

Social Science, Political Science, Science