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Product Description: Welfare reform, which required that poor mothers work in return for assistance, was a watershed in the struggle against poverty for American families. As work levels rose dramatically among low-income women, the welfare rolls were cut in half and many families rose out of poverty...read more

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9780844743974 | Aei Pr, May 16, 2011, cover price $49.00 | About this edition: Welfare reform, which required that poor mothers work in return for assistance, was a watershed in the struggle against poverty for American families.

Miscellaneous:

9781439119570 | Free Pr, June 30, 2008, cover price $15.99

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Product Description: During the 1990s, both the United States and Britain shifted from entitlement to work-based systems for supporting their poor citizens. Much research has examined the implications of welfare reform for the economic well-being of the poor, but the new legislation also affects our view of democracy—and how it ought to function...read more
By Christopher Beem (editor) and Lawrence M. Mead (editor)

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9780871545954 | Russell Sage Foundation, January 30, 2006, cover price $37.50 | About this edition: During the 1990s, both the United States and Britain shifted from entitlement to work-based systems for supporting their poor citizens.

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9780871545886 | Russell Sage Foundation, November 1, 2007, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: During the 1990s, both the United States and Britain shifted from entitlement to work-based systems for supporting their poor citizens.

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Product Description: "Good government" is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet it is the reason why Wisconsin led America toward welfare reform. In this book, Lawrence Mead shows in depth what the Badger State did and--just as important--how it was done...read more

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9780691116464 | Princeton Univ Pr, February 1, 2004, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: "Good government" is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet it is the reason why Wisconsin led America toward welfare reform.

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9780691123806 | Princeton Univ Pr, August 29, 2005, cover price $38.95 | About this edition: "Good government" is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet it is the reason why Wisconsin led America toward welfare reform.

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Product Description: People who participate in debates about the causes and cures of poverty often speak from religious conviction. But those convictions are rarely made explicit or debated on their own terms. Rarely is the influence of personal religious commitment on policy decisions examined...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780815707912 | Brookings Inst Pr, October 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: People who participate in debates about the causes and cures of poverty often speak from religious conviction.

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Product Description: If government tells dependent people how to live today, will we have a more self-reliant society tomorrow? That's the critical question as government increasingly seeks to supervise the lives of poor citizens who are dependent on it, often in return for supporting them...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Lawrence M. Mead (editor)

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9780815756507 | Brookings Inst Pr, June 1, 1997, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: If government tells dependent people how to live today, will we have a more self-reliant society tomorrow?

Paperback:

9780815756514 | Brookings Inst Pr, June 1, 1997, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: If government tells dependent people how to live today, will we have a more self-reliant society tomorrow?

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Examines why many unemployed Americans will not work in available jobs, and discusses the consequences for the individuals and for society

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9780465059621 | Basic Books, April 1, 1992, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Examines why many unemployed Americans will not work in available jobs, and discusses the consequences for the individuals and for society

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9780465050697, titled "The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America" | Reprint edition (Basic Books, July 20, 1993), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Examines why many unemployed Americans will not work in available jobs, and discusses the consequences for the individuals and for society

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Examines the effects of social welfare policies and argues that the poor should be entitled to benefits only if they fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship (view table of contents)

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9780029208908 | Free Pr, November 1, 1985, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Examines the effects of social welfare policies and argues that the poor should be entitled to benefits only if they fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship

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9780743224956 | Free Pr, March 28, 2001, cover price $21.95

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Product Description: Written by Grumman Aerospace Corporation and Gulfstream American Corporation engineers, this case study examines the ancestry of the Gulfstream III executive jet, the preliminary design studies and trade-offs, and detailed developments.

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9781563473111 | Amer Inst of Aeronautics &, June 1, 1980, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Written by Grumman Aerospace Corporation and Gulfstream American Corporation engineers, this case study examines the ancestry of the Gulfstream III executive jet, the preliminary design studies and trade-offs, and detailed developments.

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