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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451890803321

Autore

Marchevsky Alejandra

Titolo

Not working [[electronic resource] ] : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8147-5999-8

0-8147-6131-3

1-4294-9022-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TheoharisJeanne

Disciplina

362.5/84

Soggetti

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.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.