Faces of poverty : portraits of women and children on welfare / Jill Duerr Berrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berrick, Jill Duerr.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor women--United States--Case studies.

Poor women.

Poor children--United States--Case studies.

Poor children.

Welfare recipients--United States--Case studies.

Welfare recipients.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most Americans are insulated from the poor; it's hard to imagine the challenges of poverty, the daily fears of crime and victimization, the frustration of not being able to provide for a child. Instead, we are often exposed to the rhetoric and hyperbole about the excesses of the American welfare system. These messages color our perception of the welfare problem in the United States and they close the American mind to a full understanding of the complexity of family poverty. But who are these poor families? What do we know about how they arrived in such desperate straits? Is poverty their fate

Contents:

Introduction: Living Poverty

1. What Is Welfare?

2. Ana: Caught in Circumstances Beyond Her Control

3. Sandy: Working but Poor

4. Rebecca: Motivation and a Fighting Spirit

5. Darlene: Complex People, Complex Problems

6. Cora: A Portrait of Dependency

7. Finding a Better Way.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-52944-X

0-19-509754-8

1-4294-1576-2

0-19-802581-5

OCLC:

476007236