03034nam 22007094a 450 991045189080332120200520144314.00-8147-5999-80-8147-6131-31-4294-9022-5(CKB)1000000000476552(OCoLC)182530690(CaPaEBR)ebrary10170567(SSID)ssj0000212367(PQKBManifestationID)11194507(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212367(PQKBWorkID)10137890(PQKB)10896191(MiAaPQ)EBC865726(OCoLC)170686950(MdBmJHUP)muse10576(Au-PeEL)EBL865726(CaPaEBR)ebr10170567(OCoLC)780425919(EXLCZ)99100000000047655220051012d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNot working[electronic resource] Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform /Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne TheoharisNew York New York University Pressc20061 online resource (321 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8147-5709-X 0-8147-5710-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index.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.Welfare recipientsEmploymentUnited StatesPublic welfarePolitical aspectsUnited StatesMexican American womenCaliforniaLong BeachSocial conditionsMexican American womenCaliforniaLong BeachEconomic conditionsImmigrantsCaliforniaLong BeachSocial conditionsImmigrantsCaliforniaLong BeachEconomic conditionsElectronic books.Welfare recipientsEmploymentPublic welfarePolitical aspectsMexican American womenSocial conditions.Mexican American womenEconomic conditions.ImmigrantsSocial conditions.ImmigrantsEconomic conditions.362.5/84Marchevsky Alejandra1038811Theoharis Jeanne1037773MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451890803321Not working2460627UNINA