Beyond Entitlement
by Mead, Lawrence M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-03-28
Publisher(s): Free Press
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Summary
Mead's timely and closely reasoned analysis makes a strong intellectual and moral case for a more authoritative welfare policy.
Author Biography
Lawrence M. Mead is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at New York University.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ix | ||
| 1. The Problem of Obligation in Social Policy | 1 | (17) | |
| 2. Functioning: The New Shape of the Social Problem | 18 | (28) | |
| 3. Functioning Ignored: Permissive Programs | 46 | (23) | |
| 4. Why Work Must Be Enforced | 69 | (22) | |
| 5. The Work Issue Defeats Welfare Reform | 91 | (29) | |
| 6. Federal Work Tests: Weakness and Potential | 120 | (28) | |
| 7. Welfare Work: A Closer Look | 148 | (21) | |
| 8. Why Washington Has Not Set Standards | 169 | (20) | |
| 9. Attitudes Against Obligation | 189 | (29) | |
| 10. The Civic Conception | 218 | (23) | |
| 11. The Common Obligations | 241 | (18) | |
| Congressional Materials and Abbreviations | 259 | (5) | |
| Notes | 264 | (45) | |
| Index | 309 |
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