A NEW KIND OF PUBLIC-POLICY ENCOUNTERS DISAPPOINTING RESULTS - IMPLEMENTING LEARNFARE IN WISCONSIN

Authors
ETHRIDGE ME PERCY SL
Citation
Me. Ethridge et Sl. Percy, A NEW KIND OF PUBLIC-POLICY ENCOUNTERS DISAPPOINTING RESULTS - IMPLEMENTING LEARNFARE IN WISCONSIN, PAR. Public administration review, 53(4), 1993, pp. 340-347
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Public Administration
Journal title
PAR. Public administration review → ACNP
ISSN journal
00333352
Volume
53
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
340 - 347
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-3352(1993)53:4<340:ANKOPE>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
How effective are the new behavioral-based welfare reforms? Marcus E. Ethridge and Stephen L. Percy assess the state of Wisconsin's experien ce with ''Learnfare, ''a controversial policy enacted in 1987 that tie s AFDC payments to school attendance of children in recipient families . Learnfare has been plagued by implementation problems and its underl ying logic has been brought into question. The authors argue that ''re gulated redistribution'' programs such as Learnfare and Workfare demon strate the extremely complex relationship between policy theory and th e design of administrative procedures.