WEEK 13

• READ: Conlan & Posner, Intergovernmental Management for the 21st Century, 124-156
  Urban Institute, "Assessing the New Federalism 8: Years Later", 1-20, 33-40
  
• Journal 7 Due

1. Who are the poor?  Specify who receives income support, EITC, and food stamps.  How would you distinguish between "deserving" and "undeserving" poor?

2.  How did the states respond to the 1996 welfare reform, according to  Jocelyn Johnston and the Robert Wood Johnson foundation? Was PWRORA a success?

3. Recall our readings and discussions of the development of the American welfare state since the beginning of the 20th century.  Has federalism been used in a way to perpetuate poverty and disadvantage?