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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810800103321

Autore

Pinder Sherrow O.

Titolo

Black women, work, and welfare in the age of globalization / / Sherrow O. Pinder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-3897-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Disciplina

331.4089/96073

Soggetti

African American women - Employment

Single mothers - Employment - United States

Welfare recipients - Employment - United States

Globalization - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conceptual framework -- Globalization, American economy, and the restructuring of welfare -- A closer look at workfare and black single mother welfare recipients -- The social rights of citizenship, welfare, and the undeserving poor -- Conclusion : resisting the neoliberal workfare state.

Sommario/riassunto

"Pinder examines the interrelatedness of globalization and workfare and how this interrelatedness is impacting black single mother welfare recipients. The book builds on these insights and seeks to illuminate a crucial but largely overlooked aspect of the negative impact of workfare on black women and the American economy"--