Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. What Is Workfare? Something, Nothing, or Anything and Everything? 18
6. 3. Policy Chic: Putting the Poor to Work 30
7. 4. California’s GAIN – Program The Operation Was a Success but the Patient Died 51
8. 5. Wisconsin – Tommy Thompson and His Welfare Miracle 72
9. 6. New York City’s Work Experience Program – ‘Same Shit, Different Day’ 98
10. 7. ‘Learnfare’ in New Brunswick – Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out 121
11. 8. Alberta’s Mandatory ‘Voluntary Opportunities’ 147
12. 9. The Ontario Works Program – Mutiny on the Bounty 172
13. 10. Why Good Ideas Go Bad: A Six – Hazard Model 194
14. References 233
15. Index 241