Other Welfare : Supplemental Security Income's Role in America's Social Policy

The Other Welfare -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Creating a New Welfare Program: The Politics of Welfare and Social Security Reform in the Nixon Administration -- 2. A Year in Transition: Why Planning for the New Program Became Difficult -- 3. Launching the Program: Why the Program Began Badly -- 4. The Emergence of a Disability Program: How the Program's Fundamental Identity Changed -- 5. The Continuing Disability Reviews: How the Politics of Controversy Hindered the Program -- 6. The Courts and Other Sources of Program Growth: How the Program Expanded in a Conservative Age -- 7. The Welfare Reform of 1996: How the Program Became Swept Up in the Narrative of Welfare Fraud and Abuse -- 8. Post-1996 Developments: A Brief Postscript -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.