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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454450703321

Autore

Fujiwara Lynn <1964->

Titolo

Mothers without citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : Asian immigrant families and the consequences of welfare reform / / Lynn Fujiwara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8166-5662-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

362.83/9

Soggetti

Women immigrants - Services for - United States

Asian American women - Services for - United States

Children of immigrants - Services for - United States

Public welfare - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : sanctioning immigrants : "ending welfare as we know it" -- New nativism and welfare reform: Asian immigrants as racialized foreigners -- Welfare reform and the politics of citizenship -- Refugees betrayed -- The rush for citizenship : naturalization as a technocratic apparatus of exclusion -- On not making ends meet : mothers without citizenship -- The devaluation of immigrant families -- Conclusion : the continuing significance of racialized citizenship.

Sommario/riassunto

Lynn Fujiwara reveals a neglected aspect of the Asian immigrant story: the ill effects of welfare reform on Asian immigrant women and families. Fujiwara argues that these measures redefined immigrants as outsiders whose lack of citizenship was used to deem them ineligible for public benefits. At once astute policy analysis and insightful research, Mothers without Citizenship offers nuance to the discussion of the consequences of social policy on Asian immigrant communities.