01077pab a2200157 454500 180718b2001 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Cancian, Maria Rhetoric and reality of work-based welfare reform 2001 p.309-14 Oct The 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 Social welfare Social Work 50446 50446 50446 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 46, Issue no: 4 AR50874 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR