Stretched Thin : : Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform / / Joan Acker, Sandra L. Morgen, Jill Weigt.
When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employme...
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Morgen, Sandra L., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Stretched Thin : Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform / Joan Acker, Sandra L. Morgen, Jill Weigt. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2011] ©2010 1 online resource (256 p.) : 7 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Questioning the Success of Welfare Reform -- 1. History and Political Economy of Welfare in the United States and Oregon -- 2. Velvet Gloves, Iron Fists, and Rose-Colored Glasses -- 3. Doing the Work of Welfare -- 4. Negotiating Neoliberal Ideology and "On the Ground" Reality in Welfare Work -- 5. The Other Side of the Desk -- 6. Life After Welfare -- Conclusion: Reforming Welfare "Reform" -- Appendix: Situating Ourselves -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However, assessments about the assumptions and consequences of this radical change to the nation's social safety net were actually far more varied and disputed than the label "consensus" suggests.By examining the varied realities and accountings of welfare restructuring, Stretched Thin looks back at a critical moment of policy change and suggests how welfare policy in the United States can be changed to better address the needs of poor families and the nation. Using ethnographic observations, in-depth interviews with poor families and welfare workers, survey data tracking more than 750 families over two years, and documentary evidence, Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt question the validity of claims that welfare reform has been a success. They show how poor families, welfare workers, and welfare administrators experienced and assessed welfare reform differently based on gender, race, class, and their varying positions of power and control within the welfare state.The authors document the ways that, despite the dramatic drop in welfare rolls, low-wage jobs and inadequate social supports left many families struggling in poverty. Revealing how the neoliberal principles of a drastically downsized welfare state and individual responsibility for economic survival were implemented through policies and practices of welfare provision and nonprovision, the authors conclude with new recommendations for reforming welfare policy to reduce poverty, promote economic security, and foster shared prosperity. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Poor families Oregon. Public welfare administration Oregon. Public welfare Oregon. Welfare recipients Oregon. Anthropology. Labor History. Sociology & Social Science. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare. bisacsh Acker, Joan, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Weigt, Jill, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801447747 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801459085 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801459085 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801459085/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Questioning the Success of Welfare Reform -- 1. History and Political Economy of Welfare in the United States and Oregon -- 2. Velvet Gloves, Iron Fists, and Rose-Colored Glasses -- 3. Doing the Work of Welfare -- 4. Negotiating Neoliberal Ideology and "On the Ground" Reality in Welfare Work -- 5. The Other Side of the Desk -- 6. Life After Welfare -- Conclusion: Reforming Welfare "Reform" -- Appendix: Situating Ourselves -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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