The Welfare We Want?: The British Challenge for American Reform

doi:10.46692/9781847425713

The Welfare We Want? presents a detailed and unique comparison of welfare policies in Britain and America. A team of international experts outlines, compares and contrasts the reform strategies pursued in each country and summarises the results to date.

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The British Challenge for American Reform

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iii

Acknowledgements
pp iv-iv

one - Sharing ideas on welfare
pp 1-24

two - Welfare in the United States
pp 25-64

three - The British perspective on reform: transfers from, and a lesson for, the US
pp 65-80

four - Eradicating child poverty in Britain: welfare reform and children since 1997
pp 81-114

five - The art of persuasion? The British New Deal for Lone Parents
pp 115-142

six - Beyond lone parents: extending welfare-to-work to disabled people and the young unemployed
pp 143-174

seven - Shaping a vision of US welfare
pp 175-192

Index
pp 193-201

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