GalleryWhen advocacy groups for the poor are stronger, it’s more likely that a state will have more generous welfare programs.
Despite state and federal government programs, poverty remains a persistent problem in the US. But what determines what type of policies – punitive or supportive – that states implement to tackle poverty? In new research which examines the relationship between states’ advocacy communities and their welfare policies, Robin Phinney finds that those with more and stronger advocacy communities are […]
