Not working [electronic resource] : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis.
2006
HV95 .M2737 2006eb
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Not working [electronic resource] : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis.
Author
Marchevsky, Alejandra.
ISBN
081475709X (cloth : alk. paper)
0814757103 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814757103 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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New York : New York University Press, c2006.
Language
English
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xi, 308 p. ; 24 cm.
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HV95 .M2737 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.5/84
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index.
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Theoharis, Jeanne.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship
PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics
Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach
PART II: ANY JOB AT ANY WAGE: Tough love in L. A. County: the failure of welfare-to-work
The myth of welfare dependency: caught between welfare and work
"It's not what you choose, but where they send you": inside personal responsibility
Conclusion: The emperor's new welfare: reassessing the "success" of welfare reform.
PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics
Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach
PART II: ANY JOB AT ANY WAGE: Tough love in L. A. County: the failure of welfare-to-work
The myth of welfare dependency: caught between welfare and work
"It's not what you choose, but where they send you": inside personal responsibility
Conclusion: The emperor's new welfare: reassessing the "success" of welfare reform.