Breaking the ‘Vicious Circle of Non Participation’ in Welfare Policy在福利政策打破非参与‘恶性循环.docVIP

Breaking the ‘Vicious Circle of Non Participation’ in Welfare Policy Berna Kahraman Mandira Kala April 2006 Social Policy and Participation Do the poor have a say in creating and practicing of the policies that are meant to alleviate poverty? This paper seeks to understand welfare policy in the US in relation to civic participation and voice. Welfare policy in the US has come to define a very restricted set of social programs. At its core lie programs that give cash assistance to the working-age, able-bodied poor such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) formerly known as