| Description |
x, 279 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Creating a new welfare program : the politics of welfare and social security reform in the Nixon administration -- A year in transition : why planning for the new program became difficult -- Launching the program : why the program began badly -- The emergence of a disability program : how the program's fundamental identity changed -- The continuing disability reviews : how the politics of controversy hindered the program -- The courts and other sources of program growth : how the program expanded in a conservative age -- The welfare reform of 1996 : how the program became swept up in the narrative of welfare fraud and abuse -- Post-1996 developments : a brief postscript. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Supplemental security income program -- United States -- History.
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Public welfare -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Social policy.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
DeWitt, Larry, 1949-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780801451737 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780801467332 (electronic bk.) |
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