Conclusion : a way forward / Peter Edelman. Laboratories of suffering : toward democratic welfare governance / Monica Bell, Andrea Taverna, Dhruv Aggarwal, and Isra Syed -- The difference in being poor in red states versus blue states / Michelle Gilman -- States' rights and state wrongs : Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program work requirements in rural America / Rebecca H. Williams and Lisa R. Pruitt -- State and local tax takeaways / Francine Lipman -- Early childhood development and the replication of poverty / Clare Huntington -- States diverting funds from the poor / Daniel Hatcher -- States' evolving role in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program / David A. Super -- Federalism in health care reform / Nicole Huberfeld -- Poverty lawyering in the states / Andrew Hammond -- Conclusion : a way forward / Peter Edelman.
Summary:
"While the United States continues to recover from the 2008 Great Recession, the country still faces unprecedented inequality as increasing numbers of poor families struggle to get by with little assistance from the government. Holes in the Safety Net: Federalism and Poverty offers a grounded look at how states and the federal government provide assistance to poor people. With chapters covering everything from welfare reform to recent efforts by states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, the book avoids unnecessary jargon and instead focuses on how programs operate in practice. This timely work should be read by anyone who cares about poverty, rising inequality, and the relationship between state, local, and federal levels of government"-- Provided by publisher. "This is a book about the relationship between anti-poverty programs and federalism. It is also a book about the politics of aid to the poor. Poverty and federalism are difficult topics that invite instinctive reactions. The very use of the term federalism pushes the conversation from the lived experience of poverty to the structure of anti-poverty programs and the balance between state sovereignty and federal control. Given the ways in which rhetoric of "states' rights" served in the past, and continues to serve, as cover for systematic discrimination against African Americans and Latinos, including the differential provision of poor relief, federalism's ugly side readily comes to mind. On the other hand, advocates for vulnerable populations often turn to state and local governments to provide support and relief when the federal government is unable or unwilling to fund antipoverty efforts or recognize the rights of the poor. For many antipoverty efforts, the dynamic is not an either-the-federal-government-or-state-governments one, but a complicated, interdependent relationship of cooperative, and uncooperative, federalism"-- Provided by publisher.
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