Download or read book The Promise of Welfare Reform written by Elizabeth Segal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-17 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out how—and why—legislation has made economic rights more important than human rights Since 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the “success” of welfare reform legislation despite little, if any, evidence to support their claims. The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political