Stretched Thin : : Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform /

Stretched Thin : : Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform / / Joan Acker, Sandra L. Morgen, Jill Weigt.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Morgen, Sandra L.,
Acker, Joan,
Weigt, Jill,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2010
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 7 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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