The end of welfare : fighting poverty in the civil society
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
vii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781882577378, 9781882577385, 188257737X, 1882577388
35360604