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Autore |
Marchevsky Alejandra |
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Titolo |
Not working [[electronic resource] ] : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2006 |
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0-8147-5999-8 |
0-8147-6131-3 |
1-4294-9022-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Welfare recipients - Employment - United States |
Public welfare - Political aspects - United States |
Mexican American women - California - Long Beach - Social conditions |
Mexican American women - California - Long Beach - Economic conditions |
Immigrants - California - Long Beach - Social conditions |
Immigrants - California - Long Beach - Economic conditions |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship -- PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics -- Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach -- PART II: ANY JOB AT ANY WAGE: Tough love in L. A. County: the failure of welfare-to-work -- The myth of welfare dependency: caught between welfare and work -- "It's not what you choose, but where they send you": inside personal responsibility -- Conclusion: The emperor's new welfare: reassessing the "success" of welfare reform. |
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