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Autore: |
Neubeck Kenneth J
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Titolo: |
When welfare disappears : the case for economic human rights / / Kenneth J. Neubeck
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Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
Disciplina: | 330 |
Soggetto topico: | Public welfare - Economic aspects - United States |
Welfare recipients - United States - Economic conditions | |
Poverty - Government policy - United States | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : combating poverty, respecting economic human rights -- U.S. welfare policy : from supporting motherhood to a war against the poor -- Building character through adversity : general outcomes of welfare reform -- Varieties of little-noticed suffering : deconstructing welfare-reliant families -- Combating family poverty : how other affluent nations are more successful, and why this is so -- Establishing respect for economic human rights in the United States. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This groundbreaking new book offers a history of welfare, an accurate portrayal of welfare recipients and an understanding of the diverse characteristics of lone-mother-headed families affected by welfare reform. Through detailed research, award-winning author Kenneth J. Neubeck offers a unique comparison of other industrialized nation's welfare policies compared to ours, and presents a new argument for curtailing the end of welfare as we know it: the case for respecting economic human rights. |
Titolo autorizzato: | When welfare disappears ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-415-94780-4 |
0-203-95528-5 | |
1-135-40311-2 | |
1-135-40304-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910790647403321 |
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