Clinton, William Jefferson. Between Hope and History: Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century. New York: Times Books, 1996.

Democratic Leadership Council -- Progressive Policy Institute. This joint web site includes speeches, texts from "The New Democrat," commentary, archival information and talking points on various social issues, such as health policy and welfare.

Herron, Nancy L. and Zabel, Diane, eds. Bridging the Gap; Examining Polarity in America. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1995. Addresses welfare, homelessness, hunger and other social issues in twelve bibliographic essays that summarize diverse opinions on the topics. Includes strategies for locating additional information, citations to specific materials, and relevant federal legislation and court cases.

Idea Central: The Virtual Magazine of the Electronic Policy Network. This "virtual magazine" is devoted to a "discussion of family issues, welfare reform, politics and policy from liberal and progressive authors." Kept up-to-date as necessary, the magazine also covers topics such as health care, education, media, economics and civic participation. Each topic of discussion includes extensive links to other sites on the Internet.

Kaus, Mickey. The End of Equality. New York: Basic Books, 1992.

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick. Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996.

Skocpol, Theda. Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992.

Skocpol, Theda. Social Policy in the United States: Future Possibilities in Historical Perspective. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.

U.S. Congress. House Committee on Ways and Means. 1996 Green Book: Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996. Programs covered include Social Security; Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Child Protection, Foster Care and Adoption Assistance; and Medicare. Appendix "L" of the "Green Book" includes the text and summary of the 1996 welfare reform act, (enter Green Book in search window)>

Urban Institute. The hot topics page on this site includes reports and papers addressing many aspects of social responsibility. For example, "The Future of the Public Sector" is a series of papers on the long-term forces affecting U.S. social policy; other hot topics include health insurance, immigration, and welfare. The series of short papers, regularly updated, "Opportunity In America" is also noteworthy. Authored by Isabel V. Sawhill and Daniel P. McMurrer, the series focuses on social and economic mobility in the United States.

Wilson, William Julius. When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor. New York: Knopf, 1996.

Welfare

Bane, Mary Jo and Ellwood, David T. Welfare Realities: From Rhetoric to Reform. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Conte, Christopher. "Welfare, Work and the States: Can States Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs?" CQ Researcher, vol. 6, no. 45, December 6, 1996, pp. 1057-1080.

Cottle, Michelle. "Reforming Welfare Reform." The Washington Monthly, vol. 28, no. 11, November 1996, pp. 9-14.

Gensler, Howard, ed. The American Welfare System: Origins, Structures, and Effects. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996.

Handler, Joel. The Poverty of Welfare Reform. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995.

Jansson, Bruce S. The Reluctant Welfare State: American Social Welfare Policies -- Past, Present, and Future. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1996.

Mead, Lawrence M. The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America. New York: Basic Books, 1992.

Murray, Charles. Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950- 1980. New York: Basic Books, 1984.

Norris, Donald and Thompson, Lyke, ed. The Politics of Welfare Reform. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.

Olasky, Marvin. The Tragedy of American Compassion. Washington: Regnery, 1992.

Olasky, Marvin. Renewing American Compassion. New York: Free Press, 1996.

"Provisions: Welfare Overhaul Law." Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, September 21, 1996, vol. 54, no. 38, pp. 2696- 2705. Provides detailed analysis of the "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," also known as the "Welfare Law."

U.S. Congress. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. PL 104-193. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996. Text of the act as a whole or by title is available on the Internet via University of Michigan. Also, available on the Thomas site as links to specific sections, as bill summary and status, or as full text (885,910 bytes).

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Welfare Reform, a comprehensive web site that details state demonstration programs and links to major resources such as fact sheets, speeches, official statements, bill texts, and links to other key national organizations. Two good examples are the National Governors' Association welfare reform page and the National Council of State Legislatures' "Welfare Reform Update!" page.

"Welfare's New Beginning." Public Welfare: Journal of the American Public Welfare Association, Vol. 54, no. 4, Fall 1996, entire issue. This issue examines welfare programs around the country as they have been evolving over the last several years. In addition to illuminating state welfare initiatives, the publication includes a list of recommended books by noted scholar Douglas J. Besharov. The APWA's web site on welfare reform includes an analysis of the new law and a timeline covering events from 1993.

Housing

Jencks, Christopher. The Homeless. Cambridge: Harvard University, 1994.

Nenno, Mary K. Ending the Stalemate: Moving Housing and Urban Development into the Mainstream of America's Future. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1996.

U.S. Congress. Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. Basic Laws on Housing and Urban Development Revised through December 31, 1994. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994.

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Beyond Shelter: Building Communities of Opportunity. Washington: May 1996. The United States Report for Habitat II, the United Nations Second Global Conference on Human Settlements, which was held in Istanbul, Turkey in June 1996

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Moving Up to the American Dream: From Public Housing to Private Homeownership. Washington: July 1996.

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. New American Neighborhoods: Building Homeownership Zones to Revitalize Our Nation's Communities. Washington: June 1996.

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Public Housing That Works: The Transformation of America's Public Housing. Washington: May 1996.

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Community Planning Development. The Continuum of Care: A Report on the New Federal Policy to Address Homelessness; Summary of Findings. New York: September 1996. Prepared by Columbia University's Barnard-Columbia Center for Urban Policy.

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. The main HUD site provides background in the structure and function of HUD; a description of programs administered by HUD, HUD reports and the text of HUD news releases. The home page is organized for consumer (citizen) users and business/professional users.

Child Care

Commission on Family and Medical Leave. A Workable Balance: Report to Congress on Family and Medical Leave Policies. Washington: April 1996.

Kamerman, Sheila B. and Kahn, Alfred J., eds. Confronting the New Politics of Child and Family Policy in the United States. New York: Columbia University. School of Social Work. Cross-National Studies Research Program, 1996. Issued in two parts: Report I: Whither American Social Policy? Report II: Planning a State Welfare Strategy under Waivers or Block Grants.

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC). Sponsored by the Child Care Bureau of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, this site contains information about child care research, numerous publications, links to professional organizations and other early childhood sites, the "Healthy Child Care America Campaign," and a conference calendar.

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Trends: In the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth: 1996. Washington: 1996. Part I was produced by Child Trends, Inc. for the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Part II was produced by Dr. Donald J. Hernandez, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

U.S. Dept. of Labor. Women's Bureau. Care around the Clock: Developing Child Care Resources before 9 and after 5. Washington: April 1995.

U.S. President. Proposed Legislation: Family Friendly Workplace Act of 1996. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996. Message from the President transmitting a draft of proposed legislation, September 27, 1996. Document 104-270.

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. "HHS Releases New Child Care Funds to States; Grants to Improve Child Care Quality." Press Release. Washington: September 30, 1996.

Health Care

Ayres, Stephen M. Health Care in the United States: The Facts and the Choices. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Castro, Janice. The American Way of Health: How Medicine Is Changing and What It Means to You. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994.

Council on Competitiveness. Highway to Health: Transforming U.S. Health Care in the Information Age. Washington: March 1996.

Johnson, Haynes B. and Broder, David. The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point. Boston: Little, Brown, 1996.

Leichter, Howard M. Health Policy Reform in America: Innovations from the States. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 1992.

Mann, Thomas E. and Ornstein, Norman J. Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy. Washington: American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution, 1995.

Rich, Robert F. and White, William D. Health Policy, Federalism,, and the American States. Washington: Urban Institute Press, 1996.

Skocpol, Theda. Boomerang: Clinton's Health Security Effort and the Turn against Government in U.S. Politics. New York: Norton, 1996.

U.S. Congress. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. PL 104-191. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996. Links to the specific sections of the law or full text, and a fact sheet issued by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services are available on the Internet.

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