01026pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001900040245005400059260000900113300001300122362000800135520071400143650001900857773001600876180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aCancian, Maria  aRhetoric and reality of work-based welfare reform  c2001  ap.309-14  aOct  aThe argument presented in this article is that although work is one path toward improved well-being for poor families, a successful and humane social welfare policy must recognize and respond to its limitations.  The prowork rhetoric surrounding current efforts to move women from welfare to work rests on at least three propositions: Work is the norm, work is good for families, and work leads to self-sufficiency.  The article reviews empirical evidence on each of these propositions and concludes that many former welfare participants will earn low wages in unstable employment and will require a broad range of supports to move from welfare to self-sufficiency and improved family well-being. - Reproduced  aSocial welfare  aSocial Work