02985nam 2200721Ia 450 991082881150332120240410114814.01-280-52944-X0-19-509754-81-4294-1576-20-19-802581-5(CKB)2560000000301214(EBL)271442(OCoLC)476007236(SSID)ssj0000152750(PQKBManifestationID)11160838(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152750(PQKBWorkID)10339846(PQKB)10506770(SSID)ssj0000359938(PQKBManifestationID)12111088(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359938(PQKBWorkID)10318854(PQKB)11115297(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075978(MiAaPQ)EBC271442(Au-PeEL)EBL271442(CaPaEBR)ebr10142291(CaONFJC)MIL52944(EXLCZ)99256000000030121419941103d1995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFaces of poverty portraits of women and children on welfare /Jill Duerr Berrick1st ed.New York Oxford University Press19951 online resource (225 p.)Includes index.0-19-511375-6 0-19-989354-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Living Poverty -- 1. What Is Welfare? -- 2. Ana: Caught in Circumstances Beyond Her Control -- 3. Sandy: Working but Poor -- 4. Rebecca: Motivation and a Fighting Spirit -- 5. Darlene: Complex People, Complex Problems -- 6. Cora: A Portrait of Dependency -- 7. Finding a Better Way.Most Americans are insulated from the poor; it's hard to imagine the challenges of poverty, the daily fears of crime and victimization, the frustration of not being able to provide for a child. Instead, we are often exposed to the rhetoric and hyperbole about the excesses of the American welfare system. These messages color our perception of the welfare problem in the United States and they close the American mind to a full understanding of the complexity of family poverty. But who are these poor families? What do we know about how they arrived in such desperate straits? Is poverty their fatePoor womenUnited StatesCase studiesPoor childrenUnited StatesCase studiesWelfare recipientsUnited StatesCase studiesPublic welfareUnited StatesPoor womenPoor childrenWelfare recipientsPublic welfare362.5/0973Berrick Jill Duerr1615145MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828811503321Faces of poverty4010403UNINA