Obama’s welfare legacy ：An assessment of US anti-poverty policies

Publication subTitle ：An assessment of US anti-poverty policies

Author： Daguerre Anne  

Publisher： Policy Press‎

Publication year： 2017

E-ISBN: 9781447338345

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781447338338

Subject： D0 Political Theory

Keyword： 政治理论

Language： ENG

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Description

Using new research, Anne Daguerre examines Obama’s legacy on welfare and antipoverty policies, focusing in particular on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Chapter

OBAMA’S WELFARE LEGACY

Contents

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Outline

1. The American social contract

The structure of American public assistance programs

The welfare reform revolution: from AFDC to TANF

A social model running out of steam

2. The Obama administration’s vision

A moderate social investment approach

The expansion of existing social programs: the ARRA and the ACA

A pragmatic constitutional philosophy?

3. Navigating the political backlash

The Tea Party: old wine in new bottles?

Welfare politics and state experiments

4. The politics of damage limitation

The TANF stalemate

5. Obama’s welfare and antipoverty policies: an assessment

The antipoverty impact of the Recovery Act

Medicaid expansion under threat

Conclusion: The American welfare state in comparative perspective

A historic antipoverty record

The US remains a ‘welfare laggard’

Enduring divergences and emerging convergences

Emerging convergences

References

Index

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