What do Edin & Shaefer mean when they say that “welfare is dead?” How is the 1996 welfare “reform”
policy related to the feminization of poverty and assumptions about the “culture of poverty?” (Be sure
to define each of these concepts.) How has the 1996 legislation impacted the working poor in
particular? Use specific examples from Marger, and at least two chapters from Edin & Shaefer to
illustrate the cycle of poverty in action. Include page numbers for all examples.
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