When welfare disappears : the case for economic human rights / / Kenneth J. Neubeck

• Autore: Neubeck Kenneth J
• 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.: 9910817802303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II