Women at the margins : neglect, punishment, and resistance / Josefina Figueira-McDonough, Rosemary C. Sarri, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Figueira-McDonough, Josefina.

Sarri, Rosemary C.

Series:

Haworth innovations in feminist studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States.

Women.

United States.

Women--United States--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Women--United States--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Sex discrimination against women--United States.

Sex discrimination against women.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Haworth, [2002]

Contents:

Introduction to Art and Women at the Margins / Deborah Zinn 1

Why Art? 1

Chapter 1. Increasing Inequality: The Ascendancy of Neoconservatism and Institutional Exclusion of Poor Women / Josefina Figueira-McDonough, Rosemary C. Sarri 5

The Laissez-Faire Myth, the Neoconservatives, and the Liberal Model of Welfare 6

The American Gulag: Extending the Net of Control 14

The Added Oppression of Women Behind Bars 17

Neglect, Punishment, and Resistance of Marginalized Women 20

Section I Increasing the Dual Control of Women and Distorting Their Strength

Chapter 2. Welfare Reform: Tightening the Screws / Joel F. Handler 33

Welfare in "Crisis": 1960s-1996 34

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) 36

The Work-First Strategy 37

The Future 46

Chapter 3. The Forgotten Group: Women in Prisons and Jails / Sheryl Pimlott, Rosemary C. Sarri 55

Women and Crime 59

Behavior and Attitudes of Women in Prison 61

History of the Incarceration of Women 62

Characteristics of Female Offenders 64

Chapter 4. The Storm Is Passing Over: Marginalized African-American Women / Harriette Pipes McAdoo 87

African Cultural Legacies 91

Demographic Changes 92

Family Structure 93

Roles of Males in Families 94

Marginalization and Urban Sprawl 95

The Passing Storm 96

Section II Blockages to Autonomy

Chapter 5. The Controllers and the Controlled / Deborah M. Whitley, Paula L. Dressel 103

The Controllers and the Controlled in Political-Economic Context 104

Forms and Context of Control 107

Policy Framework of Control: Personal Responsibility and TANF 110

Practice Framework of Control: Welfare Workers and Welfare Recipients 112

Policy Framework of Control: The Get-Tough Policy 114

Practice Framework of Control: Relations Between Guards and Prisoners 118

Prospects for the Future 119

Chapter 6. Welfare Reform Now That We Know It: Enforcing Women's Poverty and Preventing Self-Sufficiency / Diana M. Pearce 125

The Centrality of Motherhood and Family Preservation 125

Mothers, Work, and Welfare: Not a New Combination 126

The Impact of the 1996 Welfare Reform: Work Requirements and Time Limits 129

Evaluating the Economic Resources of Families PostWelfare 138

Chapter 7. Low-Income Women and Housing: Where Will They Live? / Elizabeth A. Mulroy 151

Roots of the Crisis: Structural and Personal Factors 153

Affordable Housing Programs 157

The Housing Affordability Squeeze 162

Housing Is a Women's Issue 168

Section III Gender, Age, and Health Interactions

Chapter 8. Triple Jeopardy: Women Marginalized by Substance Abuse, Poverty, and Incarceration / Anna Celeste Burke 175

Vicious Cycles and Downward Spirals 176

Substance Use and Abuse Among Women: Closing the Gender Gap 177

Differences in the "Addiction Careers" of Men and Women 181

Policies of Neglect and Punishment Toward Women with Substance Abuse Problems 183

Bringing an End to Vicious Cycles and Downward Spirals 189

Finding the Will to Change Women's Lives 193

Chapter 9. Life at the Margins: Older Women Living in Poverty / Edith Elisabeth Flynn 203

Demographic Trends for the Aging Female Population 205

The Gender of Poverty in America's Aging Population 208

Aging in Prison: Focus on the Older Female Prisoner 216

Special Needs of the Older Female Prisoner 221

The Older Female Offender and Recidivism 222

Chapter 10. Teenage Pregnancy: Mediating Rotten Outcomes and Improving Opportunities / Judy Walruff 229

Teenage Motherhood in the United States 229

Attitudes, Values, and Economics 230

Theoretical Interpretations 234

The Conflict of Developmental Issues and Policy 236

Teenage Mothers and Welfare Reform 238

Teenagers' Prenatal Care Access: An Arizona Study 239

Support Services for Teenage Parents 243

Recommendation for Change to Health and Social Policy 243

Section IV Bad Women, Undeserving Mothers

Chapter 11. Controlled and Excluded: Reproduction and Motherhood Among Poor and Imprisoned Women / M. A. Bortner 253

The Links: No Safe Place 255

Excessive Punishment: The Sex and Gender Tax 258

Punishing the Future: Women and Their Children 262

Chapter 12. Children and Their Incarcerated Mothers / Wendy C. Ascione, Joyce Dixson 271

Women and Mothers in Prison 273

Effects of Mothers' Incarceration on Children 274

Barriers in the Criminal Justice System 276

Incarcerated Women and the Child Welfare System 278

Programs and Services for Children of Incarcerated Mothers 281

Chapter 13. Women's Recidivism and Reintegration: Two Sides of the Same Coin / Patricia O'Brien, Nancy J. Harm 295

Factors Influencing Successful versus Unsuccessful Reintegration 296

Section V Pragmatic Knowledge, Legal Redressing, and Women's Solidarity

Chapter 14. Charity, Ideology, and Exclusion: Continuities and Resistance in U.S. Welfare Reform / Yvonne Luna, Josefina Figueira-McDonough 321

Charity As Institutional Path Dependency 323

Ideological Reinforcement Through Communicative Discourse 325

Listening to Voices from Below 329

Convergence of Proposals 337

Chapter 15. Women, the Law, and the Justice System: Neglect, Violence, and Resistance / Deborah LaBelle 347

The Cycle of Neglect Begins 349

Violence Inside 358

Resistance Through Litigation 362

Chapter 16. Borders and Bridges: Building New Directions for the Women's Movement / Janet L. Finn 375

Learning from History: A Short Story of the Accomplishments and Challenges of the Women's Movement 377

Confronting the Challenges 382

Food for Thought and Action 392

Section VI Action Strategies for Today

Chapter 17. Whither the Twenty-First Century for Women at the Margins: Resistance and Action / Rosemary C. Sarri, Josefina Figueira-McDonough 407

Contemporary and Conflicting Roles 408

Recommendations for Action 410

Action Strategies 413.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1560239727

OCLC:

48098509