Learning from Leaders: Welfare Reform, Politics and Policy in Five Midwestern StatesCarol S. Weissert SUNY Press, 1 mai 2000 - 208 pages Several Midwestern states have been leaders on welfare reform in the 1990s and have led the way for other states in implementing the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. This book provides detailed analyses of the political rationales and processes that preceded the federal direction to states to dramatically alter their welfare programs and administrative systems. It discusses implementation choices as well as difficulties and successes in carrying out those choices. The book also analyzes the role of political parties, interest groups, foundations, think tanks, and academics in setting agendas and formulating policy. The book features chapters describing and analyzing welfare reform, both their development and implementation in five states Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. |
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