Irreconcilable differences : the unhappy marriage of Federal and State policy in the Welfare-to-Work programmes of the United States

Aldcroft, Julie (2008) Irreconcilable differences : the unhappy marriage of Federal and State policy in the Welfare-to-Work programmes of the United States. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

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Abstract

In 1996, the United States Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) changed Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) from a program which gave single mothers on welfare some possibility of staying at home to raise small children, into TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), which established 60 month lifetime limit on financial support. Whilst continuing further the trend to devolve control to the states, this new approach mandated self-sufficiency via work, or work via welfare to work programmes, as the ultimate goal for everyone physically and mentally able to be self-sufficient. This thesis explores the possibility for welfare reform and its related programmes to create successes for the most disaffected.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	20 Oct 2023 09:24
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 09:38
DOI:	10.17638/03174486
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3174486