Politics and the new American welfare states
Politics and the new American welfare states
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DOI：
10.2307/1519888
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发表时间：
2004-04-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Rowe, G
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作者：
Fellowes, MC;Rowe, G
联邦法律允许各州制定新的福利政策，以确定谁可以领取福利，哪些类型的客户可以免除新的福利工作要求，以及现金福利的价值。这个项目测试了九种不同的福利政策理论解释，以解释为什么国家对这个新的权威有不同的反应。我们测试这些解释的临时援助贫困家庭（TANF）的政策颁布于1997年和2000年之间。我们的研究结果证实了Soss等人（2001）最近报道的种族在TANF政治中的重要作用，但我们也发现其他组成特征，机构，家长式目标和国家资源对福利政策有一致的影响。这些结果表明，不同的福利方法归因于每个州独特的、非常有力的政治特征组合。
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.