The other welfare supplemental security income and U.S. social policy / Edward D. Berkowitz and Larry DeWitt.

Author/creator Berkowitz, Edward D.
Other author DeWitt, Larry, 1949-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press,
Descriptionx, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Supplemental security income program--United States. --History.
Public welfare--United States. --History.
United States--Social policy.

Contents Creating a new welfare program : the politics of welfare and social security reform in the Nixon administration -- A year in transition : why planning for the new program became difficult -- Launching the program : why the program began badly -- The emergence of a disability program : how the program's fundamental identity changed -- The continuing disability reviews : how the politics of controversy hindered the program -- The courts and other sources of program growth : how the program expanded in a conservative age -- The welfare reform of 1996 : how the program became swept up in the narrative of welfare fraud and abuse -- Post-1996 developments : a brief postscript.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243- 271) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012033633
ISBN9780801451737 (cloth : alk. paper)

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