Managing Welfare Reform in New York City

Informationen zum Autor Thomas J. Main is a professor at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York. He is author of The Rise of the Alt-Right and Homelessness in New YorkCity: Policymaking from Koch to de Blasio . Klappentext Welfare reform was a spectacular success in New York under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and surprising because of the city's history of liberal social programs and its huge, entrenched welfare system. The city reduced the number of people on welfare dramatically from 1,120,000 to 460,000. How did it achieve such success in this unlikely setting? It changed the organizational culture, insisted on 'work first, ' adopted information technology, protected against fraud, and contracted for job placement Zusammenfassung Welfare reform was a spectacular success in New York under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani! and surprising because of the city's history of liberal social programs and its huge! entrenched welfare system. It changed the organizational culture! insisted on work first! adopted information technology! protected against fraud! and contracted for job placement.

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• Authors: E. S. Savas, SAVAS E S
• Assisted by: E S Savas (Editor), E. S. Savas (Editor), Emanuel S. Savas (Editor), Savas E. S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2005
• EAN: 9780742549272
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4927-2
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; New York, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems, New York (state)