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“THE END OF WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT”: A DECADE LATER
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007
WASHINGTON ROOM
MATHER CAMPUS CENTER
ATTENDANCE IS FREE
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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History
In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law sweeping welfare reform legislation; Clinton, various lawmakers, and news pundits claimed this legislation would “end welfare as we know it.” A decade later, what are the consequences of "ending" welfare?
To contemplate this question, we must ask: what are the origins of our contemporary concept of “welfare”? Who benefited from the rise of the welfare state? Who sought to dismantle it, and why? What has become of our social safety net, and what, if anything, should we do about it?
In a day-long panel featuring scholars, activists, policymakers, and agency workers, we will explore answers to these questions. We will also trace the contours of welfare policies, reform, and activism nationally as well as locally in Hartford, Connecticut—the capital of the wealthiest state in the United States, yet one of the nation’s poorest cities.
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Sponsored by
The Office of the Dean of the Faculty
The Department of History
The Department of Sociology
The American Studies Program
The Department of Anthropology
The Department of Economics
The Educational Studies Program
The Department of English
The Human Rights Program
The Department of Modern Languages and Literature
The Department of Multicultural Affairs
The Neuroscience Program
The Department of Psychology
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program
The Women’s Center
For further information contact:
The Sociology Department
Trinity College
300 Summit Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 297-2077
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