Not Working : Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform / Alejandra Marchevsky, Jeanne Theoharis.
2006
HV95 .M2737 2006
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Title
Not Working : Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform / Alejandra Marchevsky, Jeanne Theoharis.
ISBN
9780814761311
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814761311.001.0001 doi
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HV95 .M2737 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.5/84 OCoLC
Summary
Not Working chronicles the devastating effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that ended welfare as we know it. For those who now receive public assistance, "work" means pleading with supervisors for full-time hours, juggling ever-changing work schedules, and shuffling between dead-end jobs that leave one physically and psychically exhausted.Through vivid story-telling and pointed analysis, Not Working profiles the day-to-day struggles of Mexican immigrant women in the Los Angeles area, showing the increased vulnerability they face in the welfare office and labor market. The new "work first" policies now enacted impose time limits and mandate work requirements for those receiving public assistance, yet fail to offer real job training or needed childcare options, ultimately causing many families to fall deeper below the poverty line.Not Working shows that the new "welfare-to-work" regime has produced tremendous instability and insecurity for these women and their children. Moreover, the authors argue that the new politics of welfare enable greater infringements of rights and liberty for many of America's most vulnerable and constitute a crucial component of the broader assault on American citizenship. In short, the new welfare is not working.
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Theoharis, Jeanne, author.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I Neither a Hand Up nor a Handout
1 Ending Welfare
2 Poverty in the Suburbs
PART II Any Job at Any Wage
3 Tough Love in L.A. County
4 The Myth of Welfare Dependency
5 "It's Not What You Choose, but Where They Send You"
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Authors
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I Neither a Hand Up nor a Handout
1 Ending Welfare
2 Poverty in the Suburbs
PART II Any Job at Any Wage
3 Tough Love in L.A. County
4 The Myth of Welfare Dependency
5 "It's Not What You Choose, but Where They Send You"
Conclusion
Notes
Index
About the Authors