Rhetoric and Reality of Work-based Welfare Reform.

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Economically Disadvantaged; Helping Relationship; Humanitarianism; Labor Force; Poverty Programs; Social Problems; Social Responsibility; Social Support Groups; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Reform; Welfare Services; Work Ethic

0037-8046

The argument presented is that although work is one path toward improved well-being for poor families, a successful and humane social welfare policy must recognize and respond to its limitations. This article reviews specific propositions of prowork rhetoric and concludes that former welfare participants require a broad range of supports to move from welfare to self-sufficiency. (Author)

2002

EJ638815