Family Caps, Abortion and Women of Color: Research Connection and Political Rejection

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Michael Camasso (Professor, Professor, Rutgers University School of Social Work and Center for Urban Policy Research, Newark, DE, United States)

Family Caps, Abortion and Women of Color

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Research Connection and Political Rejection

Michael Camasso (Professor, Professor, Rutgers University School of Social Work and Center for Urban Policy Research, Newark, DE, United States)

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Oxford University Press Inc
29 August 2007

Ethical issues: abortion & birth control; Sociology & anthropology

Fifteen years ago, New Jersey became the first of over twenty states to introduce the family cap, a welfare reform policy that reduces or eliminates cash benefits for unmarried women on public assistance who become pregnant. The caps have lowered extra-marital birth rates, as intended but as Michael J. Camasso shows convincingly in this provocative book, they did so in a manner that few of the policys architects are willing to acknowledge publicly, namely by increasing the abortion rate disproportionately among black and Hispanic women. In Family Caps, Abortion, and Women of Color, Camasso (who headed up the evaluation of the nations first cap) presents the caps history from inception through implementation to his investigation and the dramatic attempts to squelch his unpleasant findings. The book is filled with devastatingly clear-cut evidence and hard-nosed data analyses, yet Camasso also pays close attention to the reactions his findings provoked in policymakers, both conservative and liberal, who were unprepared for the effects of their crude social engineering and did not want their success scrutinized too closely. Camasso argues that absent any successful rehabilitation or marriage strategies, abortion provides a viable third way for policymakers to help black and Hispanic women accumulate the social and human capital they need to escape welfare, while simultaneously appealing to liberals passion for reproductive freedom and the neoconservatives sense of social pragmatism. Camasso's conclusions will please no one along the political spectrum, making it all the more essential for them to be studied widely. A classic example of what can happen to research and the researcher when research findings become misaligned with political goals and strategies, Family Caps, Abortion and Women of Color is sure to foment a contentious but vital discussion among all who read it.

By: Michael Camasso (Professor Professor Rutgers University School of Social Work and Center for Urban Policy Research Newark DE United States)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 157mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780195179057
ISBN 10: 0195179056
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 29 August 2007
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Reforming Welfare with Family Caps 2: New Jersey Birthplace of the Family Cap 3: Family Caps and Non-Marital Births 4: Experimenting with a Family Cap 5: Rushing to Judgment About the Family Cap 6: Trying to Study the Family Cap 7: Questioning the Family Cap Evidence 8: Testing Family Cap Theory 9: Sauntering Toward Re-Authorization

Michael J. Camasso is currently a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at Rutgers University. Prior to this he served on the School of Social Work faculty for over 15 years. Professor Camasso has conducted applied social science research in the areas of child welfare, public welfare, youth career development and public education and has published widely on these issues. In 2002 he was the recipient of the Richard W. Laity Academic Leadership Award given by the American Association of University Professors.