Rebecca M Blank

The New World of Welfare Rebecca M Blank

Marc Notes: Incl. bibl. ref. and index; Cloth avail. @ $49.95. Review Quotes:"A coherent portrait of contemporary welfare. Their inspired format pairs reseachers of opposing ideologies in papers and responses, which sift the numbingly complex research into clear areas of consensus and contention.... brilliantly clear about the confusing new world of welfare." --Corine Hegland, National Journal reporting intern, "National Journal", 5/11/2002Review Quotes:"'The New World of Welfare' is an invaluable and much appreciated contribution to the on-going municipal, state and national debates on efforts to redesign and implement effective welfare and 'workfare' programs." -- "The Bookwatch", 2/1/2002Review Quotes:"Haskins and Blank have effectively summarized the key findings and issues in the upcoming debates about reauthorization of welfare reform legislation." --Bruce A. Weber, Oregon State University, "Poverty Research News", 11/1/2001Review Quotes:"This book provides a compendium of valuable information about welfare reform. The books is undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive and infomative accounts of welfare reform currently available." -- "Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare"Review Quotes:"The New World of Welfare has something of value for just about everyone interested in the welfare reform debate. Its vividly written chapters and vibrant commentary will serve as an invaluable resource for assessing the merits of welfare reform issues for many years to come." --Philip Robins, University of Miami, "Industrial and Labor Relations Review"Biographical Note: Rebecca Blank is dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She was senior staff economist with the Council of Economic Advisers during the first Bush administration and was appointed to the council under President Clinton. Ron Haskins is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. A former adviser to the President for welfare policy, he spent 14 years on the staff of the House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, first as welfare counsel to the Republican staff, then as the subcommittee's staff director. He is the author of "Work over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law" (Brookings, 2006) and coeditor, with Rebecca Blank, of "The New World of Welfare" (Brookings, 2002). Publisher Marketing: This is an attempt to frame the policy debate for reauthorization and to inform the policy discussion among the states and at the federal level, especially by drawing lessons from research on the effects of welfare reform. Review Citations:

Choice 07/01/2002 pg. 1999 (EAN 9780815710110, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Blank, Rebecca M Rebecca M. Blank is former Robert Kerr Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and former Dean of the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Most recently, she coedited "Insufficient Funds: Savings, Asset, Credit and Banking Among Low-Income Households" and "Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes are Affecting Low-Wage Workers." She is also the author of "It Takes a Nation: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty, "among other books. Contributor Bio:  Haskins, Ron Haskins is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Senior Consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Contributor Bio:  Armacost, Michael H Michael H. Armacost, President of the Brookings Institution, was Ambassador to Japan (1989-1993), Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1984-1989), and Ambassador to the Philippines (1982-1984). He has held teaching posts at georgetown, John Hopkins, and Stanford universities, among others, and is the author of "The Polotics of Weapons Innovation" (Columbia), "The Foreign Relations of the United States," and "Reflections on U. S.-Soviet Relations."Contributor Bio:  Laracy, Michael C Laracy is Senior Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation. Contributor Bio:  Phillips, Jennifer Phillips is formerly program officer, Charles S. Mott Foundation.