ABSTRACT
Find out how—and why—legislation has made economic rights more important than human rights
Since 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the “success” of welfare reform legislation despite little, if any, evidence to support their claims. The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I: The Context of Welfare Reform
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Part II: Poverty and Welfare Reform
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Part III: Family Construction and Destruction: Marriage, Fatherhood, and Domestic Violence
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Part IV: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
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Part V: Looking to the Future