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- catalog abstract "This book traces the growth of the American welfare state from the colonial era through the latest welfare reform bill and shows that government welfare programs have been a disastrous failure for everyone involved: for taxpayers, who must pick up the bill for failed programs; for society, whose mediating institutions of community, church, and family are increasingly pushed aside; and most of all for the poor themselves, who are trapped in a system that destroys opportunity for them and hope for their children. Tanner carefully examines the welfare reforms most often suggested by both liberals and conservatives - from job training to child care to workfare - and rejects them as unlikely to solve welfare's problems. Concluding that welfare cannot be reformed, Tanner calls for an end to government welfare and a return to the civil society's tradition of self-help and private charity. Tanner uses both "real-world" examples and the latest academic data to show that the civil society offers a far better way to fight poverty. As the debate over welfare reform moves into its next phase, Tanner offers a provocative alternative that is neither liberal nor conservative and is based on true compassion.".
- catalog contributor b10152034.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Poverty in America -- The rise of the welfare state -- The failure of the welfare state -- Why liberal welfare reform won't work -- Why conservative welfare reform won't work -- Replacing welfare -- Creating opportunity -- Conclusion : a new debate -- Appendix : Major welfare programs.".
- catalog description "Tanner carefully examines the welfare reforms most often suggested by both liberals and conservatives - from job training to child care to workfare - and rejects them as unlikely to solve welfare's problems. Concluding that welfare cannot be reformed, Tanner calls for an end to government welfare and a return to the civil society's tradition of self-help and private charity. Tanner uses both "real-world" examples and the latest academic data to show that the civil society offers a far better way to fight poverty. As the debate over welfare reform moves into its next phase, Tanner offers a provocative alternative that is neither liberal nor conservative and is based on true compassion.".
- catalog description "This book traces the growth of the American welfare state from the colonial era through the latest welfare reform bill and shows that government welfare programs have been a disastrous failure for everyone involved: for taxpayers, who must pick up the bill for failed programs; for society, whose mediating institutions of community, church, and family are increasingly pushed aside; and most of all for the poor themselves, who are trapped in a system that destroys opportunity for them and hope for their children.".
- catalog extent "vii, 226 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "End of welfare.".
- catalog identifier "188257737X (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "1882577388 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "End of welfare.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute,".
- catalog relation "End of welfare.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "362.5/8/0973 20".
- catalog subject "HV95 .T36 1996".
- catalog subject "Public welfare United States.".
- catalog subject "Welfare recipients Employment United States.".
- catalog subject "Welfare state.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Poverty in America -- The rise of the welfare state -- The failure of the welfare state -- Why liberal welfare reform won't work -- Why conservative welfare reform won't work -- Replacing welfare -- Creating opportunity -- Conclusion : a new debate -- Appendix : Major welfare programs.".
- catalog title "The end of welfare : fighting poverty in the civil society / Michael Tanner.".
- catalog type "text".