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Whose Welfare? - AFDC and Elite Politics (Paperback, New edition)
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Whose Welfare? - AFDC and Elite Politics (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy
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Few American social programs have been more unpopular,
controversial, or costly than Aid to Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC). Its budget, now in the tens of billions of
dollars, has become a prominent target for welfare reformers and
outraged citizens. Indeed, if public opinion ruled, AFDC would be
discarded entirely and replaced with employment. Yet it persists.
Steven Teles's provocative study reveals why and tells us what we
should do about it. Teles argues that, over the last thirty years,
political debate on AFDC has been dominated by an impasse created
by what he calls "ideological dissensus"-an enduring conflict
between opposing cultural elites that have largely disregarded
public opinion. Thus, he contends, one must examine the origins and
persistence of elite conflict in order to fully comprehend AFDC's
immunity to the reform it truly needs-the kind that unites the
elements of order, equality, and individualism central to the
American creed. One of the first studies to analyze AFDC from a
"New Democrat" position, Whose Welfare? sheds new light on the
controversial role of the courts in AFDC, the rise of welfare
waivers in the mid 1980s, the failure of the Clinton welfare plan,
and the victory of block-granting over policy-oriented welfare
reform. Teles, however, goes beyond mere critical analysis to
advocate specific approaches to reform. His thoughtful call for
compromise built around the centrality of work, individual
responsibility, and opportunity offers a means for dissolving
dissensus and genuine hope for changing an outdated and ineffectual
welfare system. Based on interviews with participants in the AFDC
policymaking process as well as an unparalleled synthesis of the
voluminous AFDC literature, Whose Welfare? will appeal to a wide
array of welfare scholars, policymakers, and citizens eager to
better understand the tumultuous history of this problematic
program and how it might fare in the wake of the fall elections.
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