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The Invisible Safety Net: Protecting The Nation's Poor Children And Families Ebooks To Download
In one of the most provocative books ever published on America's social welfare system, economist Janet Currie argues that the modern social safety net is under attack. Unlike most books about antipoverty programs, Currie trains her focus not on cash welfare, which accounts for a small and shrinking share of federal expenditures on poor families with children, but on the staples of today's American welfare system: Medicaid, Food Stamps, Head Start, WIC, and public housing. These programs, Currie maintains, form an effective, if largely invisible and haphazard safety net, and yet they are the very programs most vulnerable to political attack and misunderstanding. This book highlights both the importance and the fragility of this safety net, arguing that, while not perfect, it is essential to fighting poverty. Currie demonstrates how America's safety net is threatened by growing budget deficits and by an erroneous public belief that antipoverty programs for children do not work and are riddled with fraud. By unearthing new empirical data, Currie makes the case that social programs for families with children are actually remarkably effective. She takes her argument one step further by offering specific reforms--detailed in each chapter--for improving these programs even more. The book concludes with an overview of an integrated safety net that would fight poverty more effectively and prevent children from slipping through holes in the net. (For example, Currie recommends the implementation of a benefit "debit card" that would provide benefits with less administrative burden on the recipient.) A complement to books such as Barbara Ehrenreich's bestselling Nickel and Dimed, which document the personal struggles of the working poor, The Invisible Safety Net provides a big-picture look at the kind of programs and solutions that would help ease those struggles. Comprehensive and authoritative, it will prompt a major reexamination of the current thinking on improving the lives of needy Americans.
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (November 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691138524
ISBN-13: 978-0691138527
Product Dimensions:  6.1 x 0.5 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:  4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,136,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)   #222 in Books > Business & Money > Economics > Urban & Regional   #1066 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Poverty   #3228 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Political Science > Public Policy
If you are only buying one book about child policy this should be it This is an outstanding book. It is easily digestible by everyone. It breaks down complex material in an easily understandable way. I have sent this book to scholars and lay people and they have all appreciated it.
This is a very thoughtful review of the literature that helps one understand what really works when it come to social programs. More importantly, careful analysis shows that many programs, while imperfect, do help.
It was interesting, informative and very easy to read.Will recommend it to those in the Human Services and Social Services Field.
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