Life After Welfare: Reform and the Persistence of Poverty

by Deanna T Schexnayder, Laura Lein, Daniel Schroeder, et al.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book

In the decade since President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 into law--amidst promises that it would "end welfare as we know it"--did the reforms ending entitlements and moving toward time limits and work requirements lift Texas families once living on welfare out of poverty, or merely strike their names from the administrative rolls?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292716672
• ISBN13: 9780292716674
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.9"