The Other Welfare: Supplemental Security Income and U.S. Social Policy

Contents

Preface ix Introduction 1 1. Creating a New Welfare Program: The Politics of Welfare and Social Security Reform in the Nixon Administration 14 2. A Year in Transition: Why Planning for the New Program Became Difficult 44 3. Launching the Program: Why the Program Began Badly 73 4. The Emergence of a Disability Program: How the Program’s Fundamental Identity Changed 97 5. The Continuing Disability Reviews: How the Politics of Controversy Hindered the Program 125 6. The Courts and Other Sources of Program Growth: How the Program Expanded in a Conservative Age 160 7. The Welfare Reform of 1996: How the Program Became Swept Up in the Narrative of Welfare Fraud and Abuse 185 8. Post-1996 Developments: A Brief Postscript 220 Conclusion 231 Notes 243 Index 273 Contents ...