Points of Light: New Approaches to Ending Welfare Dependency

by Tamar Ann Mehuron

Overview

In the 1980s as the culture of poverty evolved into an intractable and often inherited condition for many people, new ways of encouraging self-sufficiency emerged. The ten essays in this anthology survey a variety of approaches and programs. Among the authors are Charles Murray, Ken Auletta, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Lawrence Mead, Nicholas Lemann, and William Raspberry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780896331525
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	02/22/1991
Pages:	153
Product dimensions:	6.24(w) x 8.86(h) x 0.45(d)

Editorial Reviews

The new vision of how best to help the poor declares that the only defensible objective of government effort on behalf of the needy is to bring an end to their need for support. That this is a feasible goal for public policy is amply demonstrated in this excellent collection.

Glenn Loury

Searching thoughts about self-respect and independence. The common thread is that government cannot be a substitute for the family, church, and civic organizations in promoting the values and attitudes that produce a whole person.

Walter Williams