Introduction Ezra Rosser; Part I. Welfare and Federalism: 1. The tools in the battle: federalism, entitlement, and punishment across the US social welfare state Wendy Bach; 2. Laboratories of suffering: toward democratic welfare governance Monica Bell, Andrea Taverna, Dhruv Aggarwal and Isra Syed; 3. The difference in being poor in red states versus blue states Michelle Gilman; Part II. States, Federalism, and Anti-Poverty Efforts: 4. States' rights and state wrongs: SNAP and Medicaid work requirements in rural America Rebecca H. Williams and Lisa Pruitt; 5. State and local tax takeaways Francine Lipman; 6. Early childhood development and the replication of poverty Clare Huntington; 7. States diverting funds from the poor Daniel Hatcher; 8. States' evolving role in SNAP David Super; Part III. Advocacy: 9. Federalism in health care reform Nicole Huberfeld; 10. Poverty lawyering in the states Andrew Hammond; 11. Conclusion. A way forward Peter Edelman.
An overview of the role played by federalism in anti-poverty policy and in poverty law.
Ezra Rosser is a law professor at American University Washington College of Law, where he teaches poverty law, property law, and federal Indian law. He is a co-author of the leading poverty law textbook and is the editor of the Poverty Law Blog.
'American federalism has many faces, both bountiful and miserly,
beneficent and malicious. Sadly, as Holes in the Safety Net shows,
America's poor too often see its darkest face. Fortunately, the
experts whose work animates this powerful book also light the path
to a better federalism for the nation's most vulnerable citizens.'
Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University, Connecticut, co-author of
Winner-Take-All Politics and American Amnesia and author of The
Great Risk Shift
'This volume brings together the most important and influential
scholars investigating poverty and the government programs designed
to assist those living in it. The book is a must-read for anyone
trying to understand why poverty persists in the one of richest
countries in the world.' Khiara M. Bridges, Boston University and
author of The Poverty of Privacy Rights
'This fine collection illuminates the important role that the legal
profession has come to play in defining and defending a
rights-basis for our social policies that deal with poverty and
inequality.' Francis Fox Piven, City University of New York and
co-author of Regulating the Poor and Poor People's Movements
'This exploration of the intersection of federalism and poverty
policy includes informative, timely essays that speak to critical
questions of how best to formulate policy … Overall the collection
is critical of how US poverty programs have evolved, but it does
offer hope and guidance to those working on poverty policy. This
collection offers a lot to like.' N. K. Mitchell, Choice
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