Ain't no trust : how bosses, boyfriends, and bureaucrats fail low-income mothers and why it matters / Judith A. Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Judith Adrienne, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-income single mothers--United States--Social conditions.

Low-income single mothers.

Low-income single mothers--Employment--United States.

Low-income single mothers--Services for--United States.

Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]

Summary:

Ain't No Trust explores issues of trust and distrust among low-income women in the United States-at work, around child care, in their relationships, and with caseworkers-and presents richly detailed evidence from in-depth interviews about our welfare system and why it's failing the very people it is designed to help. By comparing low-income mothers' experiences before and after welfare reform, Judith A. Levine probes women's struggles to gain or keep jobs while they simultaneously, care for their children, often as single parents. By offering a new way to understand how structural factors affect the daily experiences of poor women, Ain't No Trust highlights, the pervasiveness of distrust in their lives, uncovering its hidden sources and documenting its most corrosive and paralyzing effects. Levine's critique and conclusions hold powerful implications for scholars and policy makers alike. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Welfare reform and the enduring structural roots of distrust

"The way they treat you is inhumane" : caseworkers and the welfare office

"I couldn't put up with it no more" : perceived mistreatment and distrust at work

"I don't trust people to watch my kids" : mothers' distrust in child care providers

"You can't put your trust in men" : gender distrust and marriage

"I trust my mother and no one else" : trust and distrust in social networks

Conclusion

Appendix: research methods

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index.

ISBN:

9780520274716

0520274717

9780520274723

0520274725

OCLC:

833380784