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1 online resource (x, 290 pages) |
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Money and morality -- Enforcing the work ethic -- Promoting family values -- Fear, hope, and resignation in the welfare office -- Pyramids of inequality -- Invisibility and inclusion -- The cultures of poverty -- The "success" of welfare reform |
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Hailed as a great success, welfare reform resulted in a dramatic decline in the welfare rolls--from 4.4 million families in 1996 to 2.1 million in 2001. But what does this "success" look like to the welfare mothers and welfare caseworkers who experienced it? In Flat Broke, With Children, Sharon Hays tells us the story of welfare reform from inside the welfare office and inside the lives of welfare mothers, describing the challenges that welfare recipients face in managing their work, their families, and the rules and regulations of welfare reform. Welfare reform, experienced on the g |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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| SUBJECT |
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (United States) fast |
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Public welfare -- United States.
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Welfare recipients -- United States
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Poor women -- United States
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Mothers -- United States.
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Low-income single mothers -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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Low-income single mothers
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Mothers
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Poor women
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Public welfare
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Welfare recipients
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Sozialhilfe
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Armut
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Kind
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Frau
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United States
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USA
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198030461 |
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0198030460 |
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1280833394 |
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9781280833397 |
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9786610833399 |
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6610833397 |
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1429461837 |
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9781429461832 |
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0199839506 |
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9780199839506 |
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