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Women and poverty : psychology, public policy, and social justice / / Heather E. Bullock
| Women and poverty : psychology, public policy, and social justice / / Heather E. Bullock |
| Autore | Bullock Heather E |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley Blackwell, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina |
362.83
362.839857 |
| Collana | Contemporary Social Issues and Interventions |
| Soggetto topico |
Poor women -- Social conditions
Poverty Women -- Economic conditions Women -- Social conditions |
| ISBN |
1-118-37877-6
1-118-37874-1 1-118-37876-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; About the Author; 1: Women and Poverty: An Ongoing Crisis; Women, Poverty, and Rising Economic Inequality; The Feminization of Poverty; Measuring Poverty: The Debates Behind the Numbers; The Feminization of Homelessness; Organization of This Book; Overarching Goals; 2: Structural Sources of Women's Poverty and Homelessness; Sources of Women's Poverty; Caregiving, Motherhood, and the Price of Unpaid Labor; Women in the Paid Labor Market: Progress, Pitfalls, and Poverty; Penalizing Single Motherhood
Sources of Women's Homelessness and Housing Instability: Intersections and Insights A Volatile Combination: Low Earnings and Unaffordable Housing; Structural Inequality Demands Structural Solutions; 3: Beliefs about Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Social Policy; The Ideology and Reality of the "American Dream"; Core Tenets of the American Dream; Complicating the "American Dream": Implications for Leveling the Playing Field and Social Policy; Attributions for Poverty and Wealth; Types of Causal Explanations; Additional Conceptualizations Implications of Attributions for Low-Income Women and their Families Intergroup Differences in Attributions; Explanations for Attributional Patterns; Attributions and Social Policy: The Justification of Economic Inequality; Summary; The Tenacity of Classist Attitudes and Beliefs; Unpacking Classism; Classism and Its Consequences for Everyday Interactions; Initiatives to Reduce Classist Bias: Barriers to Attitude Change; Concluding Thoughts; 4: Welfare Reform at 15 and Beyond: How Are Low-Income Women and Families Faring?; Welfare Reform: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Contextualizing Welfare Reform Evaluation Research Is Welfare Reform a Success?; Providing for Needy Families?; Ending "Dependence": At What Cost?; Whose Family Values? TANF and Family Formation; Breaking the Cycle of Women and Children Last; 5: Low-Income Women, Critical Resistance, and Welfare Rights Activism; Welfare Rights Activism; Necessary in the 1960's and 1970's, Necessary Now; Barriers and Correlates of Collective Action; Individualism, Belief in Meritocracy, and the American Dream; Beliefs about Social Mobility; The Current Study; Method; Participants; Context; Procedure; Analysis Findings Radicalizing Experiences of Interpersonal and Institutional Classism; Structural Beliefs about Inequality and the Oppressiveness of Interclass Relations; Collective Responsibility for Fighting for Economic Injustice; Economic Justice for Poor Women; Acknowledgments; 6: Women and Economic Justice: Pitfalls, Possibilities, and Promise; Reordering Our Values: Re-Visioning Democracy and Social Policy; Economic Justice and Feminist Values; Fighting for Economic Justice in a "Winner-Take-All-Society"; Changing the Focus: Reframing Poverty Discourse Promoting Economic Justice: The Need for a Class-Conscious Psychology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790532903321 |
Bullock Heather E
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| Hoboken, : Wiley Blackwell, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women and poverty : psychology, public policy, and social justice / / Heather E. Bullock
| Women and poverty : psychology, public policy, and social justice / / Heather E. Bullock |
| Autore | Bullock Heather E |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley Blackwell, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina |
362.83
362.839857 |
| Collana | Contemporary Social Issues and Interventions |
| Soggetto topico |
Poor women -- Social conditions
Poverty Women -- Economic conditions Women -- Social conditions |
| ISBN |
9781118378779
1118378776 9781118378748 1118378741 9781118378762 1118378768 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; About the Author; 1: Women and Poverty: An Ongoing Crisis; Women, Poverty, and Rising Economic Inequality; The Feminization of Poverty; Measuring Poverty: The Debates Behind the Numbers; The Feminization of Homelessness; Organization of This Book; Overarching Goals; 2: Structural Sources of Women's Poverty and Homelessness; Sources of Women's Poverty; Caregiving, Motherhood, and the Price of Unpaid Labor; Women in the Paid Labor Market: Progress, Pitfalls, and Poverty; Penalizing Single Motherhood
Sources of Women's Homelessness and Housing Instability: Intersections and Insights A Volatile Combination: Low Earnings and Unaffordable Housing; Structural Inequality Demands Structural Solutions; 3: Beliefs about Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class: Implications for Intergroup Relations and Social Policy; The Ideology and Reality of the "American Dream"; Core Tenets of the American Dream; Complicating the "American Dream": Implications for Leveling the Playing Field and Social Policy; Attributions for Poverty and Wealth; Types of Causal Explanations; Additional Conceptualizations Implications of Attributions for Low-Income Women and their Families Intergroup Differences in Attributions; Explanations for Attributional Patterns; Attributions and Social Policy: The Justification of Economic Inequality; Summary; The Tenacity of Classist Attitudes and Beliefs; Unpacking Classism; Classism and Its Consequences for Everyday Interactions; Initiatives to Reduce Classist Bias: Barriers to Attitude Change; Concluding Thoughts; 4: Welfare Reform at 15 and Beyond: How Are Low-Income Women and Families Faring?; Welfare Reform: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Contextualizing Welfare Reform Evaluation Research Is Welfare Reform a Success?; Providing for Needy Families?; Ending "Dependence": At What Cost?; Whose Family Values? TANF and Family Formation; Breaking the Cycle of Women and Children Last; 5: Low-Income Women, Critical Resistance, and Welfare Rights Activism; Welfare Rights Activism; Necessary in the 1960's and 1970's, Necessary Now; Barriers and Correlates of Collective Action; Individualism, Belief in Meritocracy, and the American Dream; Beliefs about Social Mobility; The Current Study; Method; Participants; Context; Procedure; Analysis Findings Radicalizing Experiences of Interpersonal and Institutional Classism; Structural Beliefs about Inequality and the Oppressiveness of Interclass Relations; Collective Responsibility for Fighting for Economic Injustice; Economic Justice for Poor Women; Acknowledgments; 6: Women and Economic Justice: Pitfalls, Possibilities, and Promise; Reordering Our Values: Re-Visioning Democracy and Social Policy; Economic Justice and Feminist Values; Fighting for Economic Justice in a "Winner-Take-All-Society"; Changing the Focus: Reframing Poverty Discourse Promoting Economic Justice: The Need for a Class-Conscious Psychology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910969476303321 |
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Bullock Heather E
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| Hoboken, : Wiley Blackwell, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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