Not working : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marchevsky, Alejandra.

Contributor:

Theoharis, Jeanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare recipients--Employment--United States.

Welfare recipients.

Welfare recipients--Employment.

Immigrants.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Mexican American women.

Public welfare--Political aspects.

Public welfare.

United States.

Public welfare--Political aspects--United States.

Mexican American women--California--Long Beach--Social conditions.

Mexican American women--California--Long Beach--Economic conditions.

Immigrants--California--Long Beach--Social conditions.

Immigrants--California--Long Beach--Economic conditions.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program).

United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

California--Long Beach.

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Not Working chronicles the devastating effects of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that "ended welfare as we know it." Through vivid story-telling and pointed analysis, Not Working profiles the day-to-day struggles of Mexican immigrant women in the LA area, showing the increased vulnerability they face in the welfare office and labor market. 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.

Contents:

Introduction: Latinas on the Fault Lines of Citizenship 1

Part I Neither a Hand Up nor a Handout

1 Ending Welfare: New Nativism and the Triumph of Post-Civil Rights Politics 33

2 Poverty in the Suburbs: Race and Redevelopment Policy in Long Beach 68

Part II Any Job at Any Wage

3 Tough Love in L.A. County: The Failure of Welfare-to-Work 111

4 The Myth of Welfare Dependency: Caught between Welfare and Work 140

5 "It's Not What You Choose, but Where They Send You": Inside Personal Responsibility 169

Conclusion: The Emperor's New Welfare: Reassessing the "Success" of Welfare Reform 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-295) and index.

ISBN:

081475709X

0814757103

OCLC:

62089873

Publisher Number:

9780814757093

9780814757109