Aimed at social scientists, this book discusses family policy in general and the New Federalism in particular, and experimental implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWOA) in the United States. Here, emphasis in family policy is shifted from a centralized entitlement approach to an exchange of personal responsibility, work, and training for better support services.

Joyce M. Mercier is the editor of Redefining Family Policy: Implications for the 21st Century, published by Wiley.

Steven B. Garasky is the editor of Redefining Family Policy: Implications for the 21st Century, published by Wiley.

Mack C. Shelley, II is the editor of Redefining Family Policy: Implications for the 21st Century, published by Wiley.