Ending Welfare As We Know It

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ISBN: 9780815792475 | 0815792476
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Weaver provides a definitive political history of the 1996 welfare reform lesgislation. He addresses three sets of questions about the politics of welfare reform: the dismal history of comprehensive AFDC reform initiatives; the dramatic changes in the welfare reform agenda over the past thirty years; and the reasons why comprehensive welfare reform at the national level succeeded in 1996 after falling in 1995, and in 1993-1994.

Introduction: Welfare Reform as a Political and Policy Problem

(8)

Welfare as We Knew It

(14)

Poverty and American Families

(1)

The Structure of American Family Support Policies

(12)

Explaining Welfare Politics: Context, Choices, Traps

(31)

Contextual Forces in Welfare Reform Politics

(5)

Analyzing Political Choice

(14)

Policymaking Traps in Reforming Welfare

(9)

Stasis and Change in Welfare Policy

(2)

The Past as Prologue

(48)

Growing Controversy over AFDC

(2)

Nixon's Family Assistance Plan

(3)

Carter Tries Again

(6)

The Budget Blitzkrieg of 1981

(2)

Reagan's New Federalism

(2)

The Family Support Act of 1988

(8)

Policy Counterpoint: Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit

(6)

Patterns and Lessons in Welfare Reform

(7)

Avoiding the Welfare Reform Policymaking Traps

(9)

Conclusions

100

(2)

Welfare Reform Agendas in the 1990s

102

(33)

Getting Politicians' Attention: The Problem Stream

103

(3)

Welfare Reform Options: The Policy Stream

106

(20)

Raising the Stakes: The Political Stream

126

(7)

Conclusions

133

(2)

The Role of Policy Research

135

(34)

The Boom in Policy Research

140

(3)

Uses and Limitations of Policy Research

143

(2)

Issues Surrounding Program Entry

145

(8)

From Program Exit to Self-Sufficiency

153

(7)

Conclusions: Policy Research and the Politics of Dissensus

160

(9)

Public Opinion on Welfare Reform

169

(27)

Public Opinion and Policy Change

169

(2)

The Importance of Elite Priming

171

(1)

Analyzing Opinion on Welfare

172

(3)

Causes of Poverty and Welfare Dependence

175

(2)

Attitudes toward Specific Reforms

177

(9)

Whom Do You Trust?

186

(4)

Conclusions and Implications

190

(6)

Interest Groups and Welfare Reform

196

(26)

Child Advocacy Groups

199

(7)

The Democratic Leadership Council

206

(1)

Intergovernmental Groups

207

(4)

Social Conservative Groups

211

(6)

Conclusions: The Ambiguous Impact of Groups

217

(5)

Not Ending Welfare as We Know It: The Clinton Administration's Welfare Reform Initiative

222

(30)

The Political Environment for Welfare Reform

223

(5)

A Crowded Agenda

228

(4)

Policy Choice and the Politics of Formulation

232

(5)

Coming to Closure

237

(5)

The Clinton Administration Proposal

242

(4)

The Political Feasibility of the Clinton Plan

246

(2)

Conclusions

248

(4)

A New Congress, a New Dynamic

252

(42)

The Electoral Earthquake

253

(7)

Initial Bids

260

(14)

Evolving Bids: Seeking a Workable Compromise in the House

274

(15)

Explaining the Republican Success in the House

289

(5)

Stop and Go in the Senate

294

(22)

Setting the Stage in the Senate

295

(6)

Stop and Go

301

(2)

A Fragile Republican Coalition

303

(10)

Aftershocks

313

(3)

Endgames and Aftershocks

316

(26)

Bargaining Positions and Bargaining Rules

317

(3)

Endgame One: The Budget Process and Initial Vetoes

320

(1)

Endgame Two: The Senate Bill and Gubernatorial Intervention

321

(4)

Endgame Three: Moving a Bill

325

(3)

Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

328

(7)

Aftershocks

335

(2)

Conclusions

337

(5)

Gaining Ground? The New World of Welfare

342

(13)

Declining Caseloads

343

(1)

State Program Design

344

(3)

Welfare Offices

347

(3)

The Behavior of Welfare Recipients

350

(2)

The Long-Term Prognosis

352

(3)

Welfare Reform and the Dynamics of American Politics

355

(32)

The Politics of Welfare Agenda Change

355

(4)

The Political Barriers to Comprehensive Welfare Reform

359

(5)

Enacting Welfare Reform, 1995-96

364

(18)

The Centrality of Choice

382

(5)

Notes

387

(78)

Index

465

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