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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Welfare reform: Politics, policy and the courts

Abstract

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Welfare Reform: Politics, Policy and The Courts is a detailed analysis of welfare reform as directed by Congress in the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996. The thesis entails the following: an analysis of the historical factors that have led to legislative reform of the US welfare policy; an examination of the requirements the Act has placed on the states and the states' efforts to meet those requirements; issues of legitimacy that surround welfare reform, as well as US Supreme Court decisions that have helped shape welfare policy. Finally, an assessment of the direction of future welfare reform.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts (MA)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Political Science
Grantor dc:publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year
2003

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Loomis, Paul Marion
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Jerry L. Simich

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2614

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2026-07-24
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citation

Loomis, Paul Marion. Welfare reform: Politics, policy and the courts. Thesis thesis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2003. https://doi.org/10.25669/ehry-u8nl