In The Shadow Of The Poorhouse

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In The Shadow Of The Poorhouse is written by Michael B. Katz and published by Basic Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0465032265 (ISBN 10) and 9780465032266 (ISBN 13).

In this history, Katz explores the roots of our ambivalence toward welfare and the welfare state, revealing the patterns which have recurred from era to era and which continue to frustrate reformers to this day. From the poorhouse era to the New Deal, from the War on Poverty to the War on Welfare, Katz provides the long perspective so often missing from the debates over "ending welfare as we know it". And this tenth anniversary edition contains an expanded introduction and a new concluding chapter, bringing the story to the present and analyzing the politics that lie behind the welfare reform act of 1996.