Welfare reform: Revolution or retrenchment?

Authors
Beer, SH
Citation
Sh. Beer, Welfare reform: Revolution or retrenchment?, PUBLIUS J F, 28(3), 1998, pp. 9-15
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
PUBLIUS-THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM
ISSN journal
00485950 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
9 - 15
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-5950(199822)28:3<9:WRROR>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
This article introduces the two main themes of this special issue of Publiu s: The Journal of Federalism, workfare and federalism. At this early stage in the history of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, these themes must be stated as questions rather than answers, as hypotheses not conclusions. What does the new welfare policy seek to accomplish? What are the effects-in tended a nd unintended-of its limited devolution of power to the states?