LEADER 05777nam 2201105Ia 450 001 9910826341403321 005 20240410074422.0 010 $a1-282-77184-1 010 $a9786612771842 010 $a0-520-93871-2 010 $a1-59875-520-X 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520938717 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030797 035 $a(EBL)231904 035 $a(OCoLC)475938118 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108408 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11109098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108408 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043696 035 $a(PQKB)11629660 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056061 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC231904 035 $a(OCoLC)60312438 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30550 035 $a(DE-B1597)519190 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520938717 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL231904 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10079950 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL277184 035 $a(OCoLC)936897797 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030797 100 $a20040817d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBacklash against welfare mothers$b[electronic resource] $epast and present /$fEllen Reese 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (374 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-24462-1 311 $a0-520-24461-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families. 330 $aBacklash against Welfare Mothers is a forceful examination of how and why a state-level revolt against welfare, begun in the late 1940's, was transformed into a national-level assault that destroyed a critical part of the nation's safety net, with tragic consequences for American society. With a wealth of original research, Ellen Reese puts recent debates about the contemporary welfare backlash into historical perspective. She provides a closer look at these early antiwelfare campaigns, showing why they were more successful in some states than others and how opponents of welfare sometimes targeted Puerto Ricans and Chicanos as well as blacks for cutbacks. Her research reveals both the continuities and changes in American welfare opposition from the late 1940's to the present. Reese brings new evidence to light that reveals how large farmers and racist politicians, concerned about the supply of cheap labor, appealed to white voters' racial resentments and stereotypes about unwed mothers, blacks, and immigrants in the 1950's. She then examines congressional failure to replace the current welfare system with a more popular alternative in the 1960's and 1970's, which paved the way for national assaults on welfare. Taking a fresh look at recent debates on welfare reform, she explores how and why politicians competing for the white vote and right-wing think tanks promoting business interests appeased the Christian right and manufactured consent for cutbacks through a powerful, racially coded discourse. Finally, through firsthand testimonies, Reese vividly portrays the tragic consequences of current welfare policies and calls for a bold new agenda for working families. 606 $aPublic welfare$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWelfare recipients$xEmployment$zUnited States 606 $aAid to families with dependent children programs 606 $aSingle mothers$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy 610 $a1940s. 610 $a20th century. 610 $aafrican americans. 610 $aamerica. 610 $aamerican society. 610 $aamerican welfare. 610 $aantiwelfare campaigns. 610 $ablack americans. 610 $achicanos. 610 $acontemporary america. 610 $ademographic studies. 610 $aethnographers. 610 $aethnography. 610 $ahistorical perspective. 610 $alow income families. 610 $amotherhood. 610 $amothers. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $aparenting. 610 $apolitical history. 610 $apoliticians. 610 $apuerto ricans. 610 $aracism. 610 $asafety net. 610 $awelfare culture. 610 $awelfare history. 610 $awelfare opposition. 610 $awelfare policies. 610 $awelfare system. 610 $aworking class families. 615 0$aPublic welfare$xHistory. 615 0$aWelfare recipients$xEmployment 615 0$aAid to families with dependent children programs. 615 0$aSingle mothers$xGovernment policy 676 $a362.5/568/0973 700 $aReese$b Ellen$f1969-$01604956 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826341403321 996 $aBacklash against welfare mothers$93929954 997 $aUNINA