The Family Support Act of 1988: A Case Study of Welfare Policy in the 1980s
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Document Type
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Description
This study makes a contribution to understanding the politics of policy-making by exploring the relationship between political ideology, public opinion, and social welfare policy. It investigates this linkage through a case study of the Family Support Act of 1988. Findings are based on analysis of Congressional hearings and debates, news media editorials and commentaries (over three years), Congressional interviews, and documentary evidence obtained from the private legislative files of Senetor Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the legislative sponsor. The latter, exclusive access to the files, provides the study with the perspective of enabling a "policy story" to be told using "insiders" information. Prevailing notions about poverty, dependance and welfare, and the role of government are examined and placed within a theoretical framework grounded in individualistic and structuralist perspectives.
ISBN
0773472266
Publication Date
2-2002
Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press
City
Lewiston, N.Y.
Keywords
Family Support Act of 1988, Public welfare
Disciplines
Family, Life Course, and Society | Legal Studies | Sociology
Recommended Citation
Deprez, Luisa S. The Family Support Act of 1988: A Case Study of Welfare Policy in the 1980s. Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.
