Living on the Edge : : The Realities of Welfare in America / / Mark Robert Rank.
This acclaimed book powerfully depicts a side of the welfare experience rarely seen, dispelling the myth that only an urban underclass-the center of most policy debate-struggles on welfare. Rank's juxtaposition of numbers and faces demonstrates that welfare recipients share much in common with...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1994] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 1994 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE WELFARE DEBATE -- 3. GETTING ON -- 4. DAY-TO-DAY LIVING -- 5. FAMILY DYNAMICS -- 6. BELIEFS AND DOPES -- 7. WORKING -- 8. ATTITUDES ABOUT WELFARE -- 9. HOW LONG AND HOW OFTEN? -- 10. GET TING OFF -- 11. MYTHS AND REALITIES -- 12. CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- APPENDIX A. METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX B. TABLES USED TO GENERATE FIGURES AND ODD RATIOS IN TEXT AND SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
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Summary: | This acclaimed book powerfully depicts a side of the welfare experience rarely seen, dispelling the myth that only an urban underclass-the center of most policy debate-struggles on welfare. Rank's juxtaposition of numbers and faces demonstrates that welfare recipients share much in common with the rest of the population. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231533294 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/rank08424 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Mark Robert Rank. |