Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and InequalityCambridge University Press, 2006. gada 27. nov. With the passage of the 1996 welfare reform, not only welfare, but poverty and inequality have disappeared from the political discourse. The decline in the welfare rolls has been hailed as a success. This book challenges that assumption. It argues that while many single mothers left welfare, they have joined the working poor, and fail to make a decent living. The book examines the persistent demonization of poor single-mother families; the impact of the low-wage market on perpetuating poverty and inequality; and the role of the welfare bureaucracy in defining deserving and undeserving poor. It argues that the emphasis on family values - marriage promotion, sex education and abstinence - is misguided and diverts attention from the economic hardships low-income families face. The book proposes an alternative approach to reducing poverty and inequality that centers on a children's allowance as basic income support coupled with jobs and universal child care. |
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... parents and, hence, the children. Work is required because, among other things, an employed parent provides a positive role model for the child, but the child suffers from inadequate child care. Welfare programs have huge numbers of ...
... parents and, hence, the children. Work is required because, among other things, an employed parent provides a positive role model for the child, but the child suffers from inadequate child care. Welfare programs have huge numbers of ...
13. lappuse
... parents and to improve child care. In addition to the work requirements, a second, major part of PRWORA deals with “family values” and the prevention of teen pregnancies discussed in Chapter 7. It shows that although marriage reduces ...
... parents and to improve child care. In addition to the work requirements, a second, major part of PRWORA deals with “family values” and the prevention of teen pregnancies discussed in Chapter 7. It shows that although marriage reduces ...
14. lappuse
... parents and children, the basic, underlying issue is poverty and the lack of ... parents or with other suitable adults. Again, the myth here is that teens are having babies to go on welfare to move into their own apartments. In fact ...
... parents and children, the basic, underlying issue is poverty and the lack of ... parents or with other suitable adults. Again, the myth here is that teens are having babies to go on welfare to move into their own apartments. In fact ...
15. lappuse
... parents makes loss of their welfare grant (as distinguished from the children who would most likely continue their grants) less important and not worth the hassles. The more vulnerable families are sanctioned. Overall, the ...
... parents makes loss of their welfare grant (as distinguished from the children who would most likely continue their grants) less important and not worth the hassles. The more vulnerable families are sanctioned. Overall, the ...
18. lappuse
... parents and unattached adults who reside in urban ghettos, leading lives marked by lawlessness and personal chaos. In fact, the poor are a diverse population, and many of them are two-parent families. The fourth myth is that poverty is ...
... parents and unattached adults who reside in urban ghettos, leading lives marked by lawlessness and personal chaos. In fact, the poor are a diverse population, and many of them are two-parent families. The fourth myth is that poverty is ...
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Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality Joel F. Handler,Yeheskel Hasenfeld Priekšskatījums nav pieejams - 2006 |
Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality Joel F. Handler,Yeheskel Hasenfeld Priekšskatījums nav pieejams - 2006 |
Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality Joel F. Handler,Yeheskel Hasenfeld Priekšskatījums nav pieejams - 2009 |
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285. lappuse - States in operating a program designed to — (1) provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives; (2) end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage...
171. lappuse - Too much emphasis has been placed on just getting an assistance check into the hands of an individual. If we are ever going to move constructively in this field, we must come to recognize that our efforts must involve a variety of helpful services, of which giving a money payment is only one, and also that the object of our efforts must be the entire family.
315. lappuse - ... (B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school age children; (C) teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-ofwedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems...
22. lappuse - The poor shall be taken to mean persons, families and groups of persons whose resources (material, cultural and social) are so limited as to exclude them from the minimum acceptable way of life in the Member State in which they live'.
286. lappuse - Therefore, in light of this demonstration of the crisis in our Nation, it is the sense of the Congress that prevention of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and reduction in out-of-wedlock birth are very important Government interests and the policy contained in part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 103(a) of this Act) is intended to address the crisis.
23. lappuse - Congress created the Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) to review the morass of agency budgetary information and to approve agency budget requests.
315. lappuse - ... (D) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity; (E) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects...
285. lappuse - The Congress makes the following findings: ( 1 ) Marriage is the foundation of a successful society. (2) Marriage is an essential institution of a successful society which promotes the interests of children.
315. lappuse - ... (E) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects; (F) teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents, and society...
315. lappuse - ... abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid outof-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems; (D) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity...