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A 8 page paper that investigates Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which became law on August 22, 1996, replacing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The paper reports the major regulations of this law and how it is implemented, including the proportion of funds that are allocated to different categories of assistance. The writer comments as to whether the policy is an example of inside or outside mobilization strategies. The writer discusses the success of TANF. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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victory, incorporating days of heated debates (The White House, 2002). However, this bipartisan bill was overwhelmingly passed the Congress (The White House, 2002). TANF falls under the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (WORC) passed by the U.S. Congress (Lens, 2002). TANF was heralded as the program that would end welfare as it had existed since the 1930s
(Lens, 2002). In fact, that was the agenda in passing TANF. Here is an example of an inside-out mobilization strategy. It is so designated because it works from the
inside, inside the policy, changing the policy, to the outside. Changing the social policy so as to mobilize resources within the programs leads to changes outside the program. Michaelson reports
that "social movement theory has focused upon two major theoretical paradigms: the Resource Mobilization-Political Process (RM-PP) model and the New Social Movement-Identity-Oriented (NSM-IO) model" (1994, p. 540). When we discuss
socio-political movements, grassroots movements are those that are initiated and implemented by the people, thus the change begins outside of the official political system (Michaelson, 1994). The laws are in
place and the people are attempting to change the laws, this is an example of an outside mobilization strategy because the movement is begun outside the formal process of changing
social laws. When that change is begun within the formal and official legislative bodies, the change will be made to existing laws and regulations, it is an inside mobilization strategy
insofar as the policies are being changed inside the formal legislative system. TANF is a policy that is done to the people in need, it is not a policy that
was initiated by people in need to improve their situation. Institutional change that is initiated by those the social policies affect are typically conflictive because the people are attempting to
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