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      Expanding Work Programs for Poor Men

      Lawrence M. Mead

      Welfare reform, which required that poor mothers work in return for assistance, was a watershed in the struggle against poverty for American families. As work levels rose dramatically among low-income…

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      Beyond Entitlement

      Lawrence M. Mead

      Examines the effects of social welfare policies and argues that the poor should be entitled to benefits only if they fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship.

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      Government Matters: Welfare Reform in Wisconsin

      Lawrence M. Mead

      Shows what the Badger State did and how it was done. Wisconsin’s welfare reform was the most radical in the country, and it began far earlier than that in most…

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      The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America

      Lawrence M. Mead

      Argues that the USA is faced with a new dependency politics, the issue being why so many poor cannot or will not work at the jobs available. The growth in…

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      From Prophecy to Charity: How to Help the Poor

      Lawrence M. Mead,Larry Mead

      Helping the poor is a question central to American life. Partially driven by America’s Judeo-Christian heritage, Americans believe we possess enough wealth to provide some minimum basic standard of living…

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      Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty, and Welfare Reform

      Mary Jo Bane,L Mead

      People who participate in debates about the causes and cures of poverty often speak from religious conviction. But those convictions are rarely made explicit or debated on their own terms.

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      The Massachusetts State Constitution

      Lawrence M. Friedman (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, New England School of Law),Lynnea Thody (Attorney, Attorney, Blatman, Bobrowski & Mead, LLC)

      The Massachusetts State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state’s governing charter. It begins with an overview of Massachusetts’s constitutional history, and then provides an in-depth…

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