Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-463) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Welfare reform as a political and policy problem -- Welfare as we knew it -- Explaining welfare politics : context, choices, traps -- The past as prologue -- Welfare reform agendas in the 1990s -- The role of policy research -- Public opinion on welfare reform -- Interest groups and welfare reform -- Not ending welfare as we know it : the Clinton administration's welfare reform initiative -- A new Congress, a new dynamic -- Stop and go in the Senate -- Endgames and aftershocks -- Gaining ground? The new world of welfare -- Welfare reform and the dynamics of American politics.
