Social Capital and Welfare Reform : : Organizations, Congregations, and Communities /

Social Capital and Welfare Reform : : Organizations, Congregations, and Communities / / Jo Anne Schneider.

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In this groundbreaking study, Jo Anne Schneider considers the reasons behind the limited success of most welfare reform initiatives and offers evidence-based recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of welfare policy.Schneider draws on her rich and nuanced ethnographic studies of Philadelphia...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Schneider, Jo Anne,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. factors influencing implementation of welfare reform
  • 2. The Federal and State Policy Context for Welfare Reform
  • 3. Local Government Systems
  • 4. Social Service Organizations
  • 5. Social Service Systems
  • 6. Labor Markets and Individual Career Paths
  • 7. Family Survival Strategies and Social Capital
  • 8. Comparisons Among Worker Types
  • Part II. social capital and community context
  • 9. Social Service Agency Use and Social Capital
  • 10. Agencies and Social Capital
  • 11. Faith Communities and Social Capital
  • 12. Faith,Works, and Community: Connections Among Nonprofits, Government, and Congregations
  • 13. Advocacy and Social Capital
  • 14. Conclusion: Public Policy and Social Capital
  • Appendix A.Methods and Project Descriptions
  • Appendix B. Organizations
  • Appendix C. Family Types and People Profiled in the Book
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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