Entitled to Nothing : : The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform / / Lisa Sun-Hee Park.

In Entitled to Nothing, Lisa Sun-Hee Park investigates how the politics of immigration, health care, and welfare are intertwined. Documenting the formal return of the immigrant as a “public charge,” or a burden upon the State, the author shows how the concept has been revived as states adopt punitiv...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Nation of Nations ; 29
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 The Politics of Immigrant Reproduction
  • 2 The Health of the Welfare State
  • 3 The Politics of Public Charge
  • 4 Living with Uncertainty under Ever-Shifting State Policy
  • 5 Fear and Loathing at the Border
  • 6 Bearing the Burden of Welfare Reform
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author