Since its inception in 1981, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) has been one of the leading forums for the scientifically rigorous exploration of poverty and welfare. On JPAMs pages, one can see reflected the debateabout the Reagan effort to reform welfare, followed by years of careful research (triggered in part by the modest Reagan-era changes that encouraged experimentation and evaluation) conducted by various individuals and organizations that slowly but surely expanded our understanding of poverty and welfare dependency, and, to a lesser degree, how to reduce both. Taken together, the articles in JPAM demonstrate how an evolving body of high-quality researchperformed over many years by many different individuals and organizationscan advance the understanding of hotly contested issues. Included in this volume are articles on poverty measurement, concentrated poverty, the relative merits of voluntaryversus mandatory welfare-to-work policies (an issue that is likely to arise again in weak economic conditions), the nature and dynamics of welfare dependency, and the impact of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and various other social welfare programs.Douglas J. Besharov is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, where he teaches courses on poverty, welfare, children and families, policy analysis, program evaluation, and performance management. He has written or edited seventeen books, and has written over 300 articles. Douglas M.Call is a research associate at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. He has coauthored (with Douglas Besharov) articles that have appeared in the Wilson Quarterly and the Policy Studies Journal.
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-3513-2
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 544
- Fecha Publicación: 02/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés