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UNINA9910820305003321 |
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Autore |
Hays Sharon <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Flat broke with children : women in the age of welfare reform / / Sharon Hays |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-983950-6 |
1-280-83339-4 |
0-19-803046-0 |
1-4294-6183-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public welfare - United States |
Welfare recipients - United States |
Poor women - United States |
Mothers - United States |
Low-income single mothers - United States |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Money and Morality; Chapter 2 Enforcing the Work Ethic; Chapter 3 Promoting Family Values; Chapter 4 Fear, Hope, and Resignation in the Welfare Office; Chapter 5 Pyramids of Inequality; Chapter 6 Invisibility and Inclusion; Chapter 7 Cultures of Poverty; Chapter 8 The ""Success"" of Welfare Reform; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 ground, i |
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