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Food Stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), has endured and expanded in recent years. The program has been preserved and in some cases enhanced as a result of its inclusion in the Farm Bill, being characterized as a safety net of last resort and as a program for the deserving poor.
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Matthew Gritter is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Angelo State University, USA. He is the author of Mexican Inclusion: The Origins of Anti-Discrimination Policy in Texas and the Southwest (2012).
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Book Title: The Policy and Politics of Food Stamps and SNAP
Authors: Matthew Gritter
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137520920
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52091-3Published: 14 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52092-0Published: 17 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 87
Topics: Political Science, Public Policy, European Politics, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Policy