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Postwelfare Massachusetts

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By way of a critical analysis of welfare reform initiatives in Massachusetts, the paper explores the complex interplay between federal- and state-level factors in welfare policy discourse and practice. I argue that, despite being represented as both home-grown and innovative, the recent package of reforms in Massachusetts is neither. Rather, it is the outcome of a self-inflicted hollowing out of the nation-state, coupled with a dramatic increase in federally orchestrated policy transfers between states, themselves anxious to appear active in the welfare reform process. The apparent consensus on work-based welfare reform is more a symptom of this structural context than it is an outcome of ideas that work at the local level. As a result, the postwelfare settlement in Massachusetts is an unstable one.

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  • Jamie Peck, 1998. "Postwelfare Massachusetts," Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 74(0), pages 62-82, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:recgxx:v:74:y:1998:i:0:p:62-82
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1998.tb00031.x
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