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200 10$aFaces of poverty $eportraits of women and children on welfare /$fJill Duerr Berrick
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1995
215   $a1 online resource (225 p.)
300   $aIncludes index.
311   $a0-19-511375-6 
311   $a0-19-989354-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction: 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.
330   $aMost 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 fate
606   $aPoor women$zUnited States$vCase studies
606   $aPoor children$zUnited States$vCase studies
606   $aWelfare recipients$zUnited States$vCase studies
606   $aPublic welfare$zUnited States
615  0$aPoor women
615  0$aPoor children
615  0$aWelfare recipients
615  0$aPublic welfare
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700   $aBerrick$b Jill Duerr$01615145
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906   $aBOOK
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996   $aFaces of poverty$94010403
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