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Stretched thin : poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform / Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, Jill Weigt.
LIBRA HV98.O7 M67 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgen, Sandra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oregon. Adult and Family Services Division.
- Oregon.
- Public welfare--Oregon.
- Public welfare.
- Social workers.
- Poor families.
- Welfare recipients.
- Public welfare administration.
- Public welfare administration--Oregon.
- Welfare recipients--Oregon.
- Poor families--Oregon.
- Social workers--Oregon.
- United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
- United States.
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 238 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction : questioning the success of welfare reform
- History and political economy of welfare in the United States and Oregon
- Velvet gloves, iron fists, and rose-colored glasses : welfare administrators and the official story of welfare restructuring
- Doing the work of welfare : enforcing "self-sufficiency" on the front lines
- Negotiating neoliberal ideology and "on the ground" reality in welfare work
- The other side of the desk : client experiences and perspectives on welfare restructuring
- Life after welfare : the costs of low-wage employment
- Conclusion : reforming welfare "reform."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801447747
- 0801447747
- 9780801475108
- 0801475104
- OCLC:
- 426390842
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