<p>Recommends a redefined social contract that takes into account realities of the job market and the transitory sense of the assistance.</p>

The Work Alternative: Welfare Reform and the Realities of the Job Market

Nightingale, Demetra Smith

Business & Money

Urban Institute Press

<p>The rising poverty and unemployment rates triggered by the recession are stark reminders of the need for a secure social safety net. Such programs should provide economic security, protect vulnerable families, and promote equality—but the United States falls behind other countries in accomplishing these goals. In Repairing the U.S. Social Safety Net, Martha R. Burt and Demetra Smith Nightingale encourage strengthening the safety net and making a national commitment to end poverty.</p>

Repairing the U.S. Social Safety Net (Urban Institute Press)

Burt, Martha R.

Economics

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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