| Acknowledgements (in English) | 第1-5页 |
| Acknowledgements (in Chinese) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (in English) | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Literature Review | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Context for Understanding the U.S. Welfare Reform in 1996 | 第13-17页 |
| ·The inception of welfare program in the U.S. from 1930s to 1960s | 第13-14页 |
| ·Precursors to the 1996 welfare reform of the U.S. from 1960s to 1990s | 第14-15页 |
| ·State Experimentation in the 1990s | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Latest round of welfare reform in 1996 | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Effects of Work Incentives on the U.S. Welfare Reform in 1996 | 第17-27页 |
| ·Results assessment | 第17-22页 |
| ·Caseload | 第17-18页 |
| ·Employment rates | 第18-19页 |
| ·Poverty and deep poverty | 第19-20页 |
| ·No work, no welfare | 第20-21页 |
| ·Family eligibility | 第21-22页 |
| ·Policy evaluation | 第22-27页 |
| ·The block grant | 第22-23页 |
| ·Elimination of low-income programs | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cuts in Food Stamps | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cuts in Legal Immigrants' Benefit Eligibility | 第24页 |
| ·Reauthorization | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Causes and Roots of the Failure of the U. S. Welfare Reform in 1996 | 第27-36页 |
| ·Ironies of devolution | 第27-29页 |
| ·Race to the bottom | 第28页 |
| ·Federal framework | 第28-29页 |
| ·Cultural conflicts of welfare reform | 第29-31页 |
| ·Biases caused by work ethic | 第29-30页 |
| ·Unfairness caused by family value | 第30-31页 |
| ·Politics of welfare reform | 第31-36页 |
| ·Conflicts between the Welfare Reform Plans of the two parties | 第32-33页 |
| ·Pressure from the Republicans and the States | 第33-34页 |
| ·Passage of the PRWORA | 第34-36页 |
| Conclusion | 第36-38页 |
| Notes | 第38-42页 |
| Bibliography | 第42-44页 |
