Mead's timely and closely reasoned analysis makes a strong intellectual and moral case for a more authoritative welfare policy.
Lawrence M. Mead is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at New York University.
Preface
ix
1. The Problem of Obligation in Social Policy
1
(17)
2. Functioning: The New Shape of the Social Problem
18
(28)
3. Functioning Ignored: Permissive Programs
46
(23)
4. Why Work Must Be Enforced
69
(22)
5. The Work Issue Defeats Welfare Reform
91
(29)
6. Federal Work Tests: Weakness and Potential
120
(28)
7. Welfare Work: A Closer Look
148
(21)
8. Why Washington Has Not Set Standards
169
(20)
9. Attitudes Against Obligation
189
(29)
10. The Civic Conception
218
(23)
11. The Common Obligations
241
(18)
Congressional Materials and Abbreviations
259
(5)
Notes
264
(45)
Index
309
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