Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the Poverty of Policy
Contributors: Philip Kretsedemas (Editor); Ana Aparicio (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780275978730
Subjects: Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Poverty; Public Policy - General; Political Science / Public Policy; Emigration & Immigration; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Political Science; Sociology; Government policy; Immigrants; Public welfare; Services for; United States; Politics/International Relations
First sentence: In 1996, after Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), activists, scholars, and public assistance recipients warned of how this law would further limit the resources available to the nation's most impoverished and vulnerable populations.