Anne Daguerre

Obama's Welfare Legacy (eBook, ePUB)

An Assessment of US Anti-Poverty Policies

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The election of Barack Obama in the midst of the 2008 economic downturn brought hope to millions and presented an opportunity for expanding socio-economic rights. But the Obama administration was consistently constrained by the challenges of divided government, and the now threatened Affordable Care Act ('Obamacare') remains the stand-out welfare reform of his Presidency.

Using new research, Anne Daguerre examines Obama's legacy on welfare and antipoverty policies, focusing in particular on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The book provides an up-to-date account of the contemporary politics of poverty and public entitlements in the US, comparing this with the Western European experience and its traditionally strong commitment to social welfare, to assess what lessons can be learned.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447338352
• Artikelnr.: 48786282

Autorenporträt

Anne Daguerre is Associate Professor in Work Employment and Welfare, Business School, Middlesex University, London, and an alumna of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington DC.