{"product_id":"reforming-social-services-in-new-thomas-j-main-9781501782893","title":"Reforming Social Services in New York City: How Major Change Happens in Urban Welfare Policies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReforming Social Services in New York City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e examines efforts across six decades to respond to poverty, joblessness, and homelessness through the establishment and periodic restructuring of the city's Human Resources Administration (HRA) and related social welfare agencies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Thomas J. Main shows through archival research and interviews with key figures, the HRA has been the focus of several mayoralties. The John Lindsay administration's creation of the HRA in 1966 was a classic liberal effort to fight poverty; Rudy Giuliani brought dramatic change by implementing work-oriented welfare reform; and the Bill de Blasio administration attempted to install a progressive social welfare agenda within the city's social service agencies to reduce inequality. \u003ci\u003eReforming Social Services in New York City\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of these efforts, assessing the strategies employed and the success of their outcomes, concluding that major nonincremental change in urban welfare policy is not only possible but has been effective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas J. Main\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501782894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501782893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Thomas J. Main","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46880816660735,"sku":"9781501782893","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a478b4cf-efdb-4e2b-9d66-270405b067ed.jpg?v=1747969822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reforming-social-services-in-new-thomas-j-main-9781501782893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}