Politics and the new American welfare states

被引：158
作者：
Fellowes, MC
Rowe, G
机构：
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Polit Sci, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] Urban Inst, Income & Benefits Policy Ctr, Washington, DC 20001 USA
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | 2004年 / 48卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00075.x
中图分类号：
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号：
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要：
Federal law allows states to create new welfare policies determining who can receive welfare, what types of clients are exempted from new welfare work requirements, and the value of cash benefits. This project tests nine different theoretical explanations of welfare policy to explain why states have reacted differently to this new authority. We test these explanations on Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) policies promulgated between 1997 and 2000. Our findings confirm the strong role of race in TANF politics that Soss et al. (2001) recently reported, but we also find that other constituent characteristics, and institutions, paternalistic goals, and state resources have a consistent influence on welfare policy. These results indicate that different approaches to welfare are attributable to the unique, and very potent, combination of political characteristics in each state.
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页码：362 / 373
页数：12
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