Overcoming welfare : expecting more from the poor--and from ourselves / James L. Payne.

Author
Payne, James L. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Basic Books, c1998.
Description
xii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.

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    Summary note
    Discusses why welfare reform does not work and offers strategies for restructuring the system so that it benefits Americans and encourages them to try and help themselves.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-233) and index.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • pt. I. Giving Right, Giving Wrong. 1. The Policy Nobody Wants. 2. Helping Those in Need: Basic Principles. 3. Buying Trouble: The Problems with Sympathetic Giving. 4. "A More Excellent Way of Charity"
    • pt. II. The Roots of Failure. 5. How Government Gives. 6. Paying for Failure. 7. Can the Poor Survive Income Redistribution. 8. What Social Workers Believe
    • pt. III. Varieties of Expectant Giving. 9. The Health of Commerce. 10. Charitable Capitalism. 11. Contracting for Uplift. 12. Friends Who Inspire
    • pt. IV. Paths for the Future. 13. The Key to Reforming Government Welfare Programs. 14. The Brave New World of Voluntary Charity. 15. How to Help the Poor
    • Bibliography: The Nineteenth-Century Charity Theorists.
    ISBN
    046506924X
    LCCN
    ^^^98005360^
    OCLC
    38295157
    RCP
    H - S
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