The Healing of America : Welfare Reform in the Cyber Economy.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: Accepting the challenge -- Overview: Framework o f analysis -- Part One: Welfare reform with passion -- 1 Welfare reform: a model with conviction -- 2 Creating a mega community with small town passion -- 3 Show me the money: reclaiming the marketplace and workplace -- Part Two: A desperate need for true welfare reform -- 4 Families of poverty in disarray -- 5 Harsh realities of the workplace -- Part Three: Learning from the past: good intent gone sour -- 6 America's attempt at compassion: a history of betrayal -- 7 A welfare time bomb remains -- Part Four: The turning point: entering the fast lane of the cyber economy -- 8 The family at warp speed in the digital economy -- 9 Healing family and societal guilt: the turning point -- Part five: The conclusion: gaining stability within continual change -- 10 Healing America: welfare reform from anxiety to hope -- Bibliography.

First published in 1997, this volume responds to a world in the midst of a telecommunications revolution.

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