The supplemental security income's role in America's social policy Berkowitz, Edward D. creator DeWitt, Larry 1949- ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nyu Ithaca Cornell University Press 2013 monographic eng

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x, 279 p. : ill. Creating a new welfare program : the politics of welfare and social security reform in the Nixon administration -- A year in transition : why planning for the new program became difficult -- Launching the program : why the program began badly -- The emergence of a disability program : how the program's fundamental identity changed -- The continuing disability reviews : how the politics of controversy hindered the program -- The courts and other sources of program growth : how the program expanded in a conservative age -- The welfare reform of 1996 : how the program became swept up in the narrative of welfare fraud and abuse -- Post-1996 developments : a brief postscript. Edward D. Berkowitz and Larry D. DeWitt. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us--- Supplemental security income program United States History Public welfare United States History United States Social policy HD7125 .B474 2013eb 368.38/2 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10699920 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10699920 CaPaEBR 120816 ebr10699920