We the Poor People: Work, Poverty, and Welfare

by Joel F. Handler and Joel F. Jandler

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Current welfare reforms--including recently enacted federal legislation--are largely symbolic politics, argue two experts in this important new book. According to Joel F. Handler and Yeheskel Hasenfeld, the real problem we face is not the spread of welfare but the spread of poverty among the working poor, a group that includes most welfare recipients. The surest way to solve the problem is to create jobs and supplement low-wage work. The authors offer...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300072503

ISBN13:9780300072501

Release Date:October 1997

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Poverty Public Affairs & Policy Public Policy Social Science Social Sciences Social Services & Welfare Social Work

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