Gaining ground in Illinois
Subtitle: welfare reform and person-centered policy analysis
By: Dan A. Lewis.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780875806273
Subjects: Public welfare -- Illinois; Public welfare -- United States; Poor -- Services for -- Government policy -- Illinois
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond left and right and the problem of welfare reform; title: Making the world's flesh: welfare reform in the Illinois political culture; title: The Illinois families study; title: Two worlds of welfare: overview of welfare caseload trends in Illinois; title: Working and earning after welfare reform; title: Depression and welfare; title: How the children fare; title: Sanctions: do they help or hurt the poor?; title: Did welfare reform launch the poor into better neighborhoods?; title: Assessing the results and moving forward.