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""Of the several discussions of the American poverty theorists I have read, this is easily the best. Anyone interested in that debate should begin here."" - Professor Lawrence M. Mead, New York University ""...a compelling guide to the ideas that have shaped and seek to re-shape welfare provision. This is a student text that teachers will want to read first."" - Professor Robert Walker, University of Nottingham

Of the several discussions of the American poverty theorists I have read, this is easily the best. Anyone interested in that debate should begin here. - Professor Lawrence M. Mead, New York University ...a compelling guide to the ideas that have shaped and seek to re-shape welfare provision. This is a student text that teachers will want to read first. - Professor Robert Walker, University of Nottingham

"""Of the several discussions of the American poverty theorists I have read, this is easily the best. Anyone interested in that debate should begin here."" - Professor Lawrence M. Mead, New York University ""...a compelling guide to the ideas that have shaped and seek to re-shape welfare provision. This is a student text that teachers will want to read first."" - Professor Robert Walker, University of Nottingham"

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Alan Deacon is Professor of Social Policy and a member of the ESRC Research Group on Care, Values and the Future of Welfare at the University of Leeds. He has written widely on the debate about welfare reform in Britain and the United States and is a former editor of the Journal of Social Policy. He is Chair of the Social Policy Association 2001-2004.

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