Evaluating Comprehensive State Welfare Reforms: The Wisconsin Works Program
- ISBN-10
- 0914341723
- ISBN-13
- 9780914341727
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-03-01
- Publisher
- SUNY Press
- Author
- Burt S. Barnow
Description
Discusses issues involved in evaluating the new reforms, and applies those issues to the evaluation of welfare reform in Wisconsin.
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