Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform [[electronic resource] ] : Welfare, Food Assistance, and Poverty in Rural America

• Autore: Weber Bruce A (Bruce Alan), <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Kalamazoo, : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (509 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.6/8/091734
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare -- United States; Rural poor -- United States; Social service, Rural -- United States; United States. -- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DuncanGreg J WhitenerLeslie A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Introduction: As the Dust Settles: Welfare Reform and Rural America, by Leslie A. Whitener, Bruce A. Weber, and Greg Duncan; 1 - Approaching the Limit: Early National Lessons from Welfare Reform, by Sheldon Danziger; 2 - Rural Labor Markets in an Era of Welfare Reform, by Robert M. Gibbs; 3 - Rural America in Transition: Poverty and Welfare at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, by Daniel T. Lichter and Leif Jensen ; 4 - Reducing Food Stamp and Welfare Caseloads in the South: Are Rural Areas Less Likely to Succeed Than Urban Centers?, by Mark Henry, Lynn Reinschmiedt, Willis Lewis Jr., and Darren Hudson5 - Seasonal Employment Dynamics and Welfare Use in Agricultural and Rural California Counties, by Henry E. Brady, Mary Sprague, Frederic C. Gey, and Michael Wiseman; 6 - Location and Low-Income Experience: Analyses of Program Dynamics in the Iowa Family Investment Program, by Helen H. Jensen, Shao-Hsun Keng, and Steven Garasky ; 7 - Small Towns and Welfare Reform: Iowa Case Studies of Families and Communities, by Cynthia Needles Fletcher, Jan L. Flora, Barbara J. Gaddis, Mary Winter, and Jacquelyn S. Litt8 - Where All the Counties are Above Average: Human Service Agency Directors' Perspectives on Welfare Reform, by Ann Tickamyer, Julie White, Barry Tadlock, and Debra Henderson; 9 - The Impact of Welfare Policy on the Employment of Single Mothers Living in Rural and Urban Areas, by Signe-Mary McKernan, Robert Lerman, Nancy Pindus, and Jesse Valente ; 10 - Welfare Reform in Rural Minnesota: Experimental Findings from the Minnesota Family Investment Program, by Lisa A. Gennetian, Cindy Redcross, and Cynthia Miller 11 - Will Attainable Jobs Be Available for TANF Recipients in Local Labor Markets?: Evidence from Mississippi on Prospects for ""Job-Matching"" of TANF Adults, by Frank M. Howell; 12 - Whose Job Is It?: Employers' Views on Welfare Reform, by Ellen Shelton, Greg Owen, Amy Bush Stevens, Justine Nelson-Christine daughter, Corinna Roy, and June Heineman ; 13 - The Short-Term Impacts of Welfare Reform in Persistently Poor Rural Areas, by Mark Harvey, Gene F. Summers, Kathleen Pickering, and Patricia Richards 14 - Food Stamps in Rural America: Special Issues and Common Themes, by Sheena McConnell and James Ohls; 15 - The Decline in Food Stamp Use by Rural Low-Income Households: Less Need or Less Access?, by Mark Nord; 16 - Lessons Learned: Welfare Reform and Food Assistance in Rural America, by Greg Duncan, Leslie A. Whitener, and Bruce A. Weber; The Authors; Cited Author Index; Subject Index; About the Institute
• Titolo autorizzato: Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform
• ISBN: 1-4175-0888-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449938903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II