By examining reform efforts in California, Maryland, Michigan, New
Jersey, Ohio, and Wisconsin. . . the editors provide timely
illustrations of the factors leading to reform, the manner by which
reform was achieved, and an assessment of whether reform would
ultimately remedy flaws in the system. --J. L. Kaniss in Choice
Welfare reform has been on the public agenda in the United States
for 2 1/2 decades. By 1992, major initiatives were underway in
several states. The Politics of Welfare Reform examines welfare
reform in six states that represents the most substantial changes
in public assistance in several decades: California, Michigan,
Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The case studies focus
on the factors that motivated welfare reform, the political process
that led to the adoption of the reforms, the objectives sought by
the reforms, and an assessment of the likelihood that the reforms
would achieve their objective. Introductory and concluding essays
knit together national trends in welfare reform and summarize
results of recent evaluations of various reform proposals. The
Politics of Welfare Reform is the perfect volume for students and
scholars in policy studies, public administration, political
science, and public health. "Norris and Thompson attempt to
determine how the current debate over welfare reform has developed
and spread within and throughout the federal system. By examining
reform efforts in California, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio,
and Wisconsin--governments whose innovative leadership in the area
of welfare and its reform is well documented--the editors provide
timely illustrations of the factors leading to reform, the manner
by which reform was achieved, and an assessment of whether reform
would ultimately remedy flaws in the system. While the text
concedes that welfare reform is primarily about politics, not
poverty or welfare, the editors conclude by proposing ways in which
the politics of welfare reform could itself be improved." --Choice
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