From welfare to workfare : the unintended consequences of liberal reform, 1945-1965 / Jennifer Mittelstadt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mittelstadt, Jennifer, 1970- author.

Series:

Gender & American culture.

Gender and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aid to families with dependent children programs--United States--History--20th century.

Aid to families with dependent children programs.

Poor women--Government policy--United States.

Poor women.

Welfare recipients--Employment--United States.

Welfare recipients.

Public welfare--United States--History--20th century.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book locates the roots of the 1996 welfare reform many decades in the past, arguing that women, work, and welfare were intertwined concerns of the liberal welfare state beginning just after World War II. It examines the reform of Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) and reconstructs the ideology, implementation, and consequences of rehabilitation.

Contents:

A new postwar paradigm for welfare : from comprehensive social welfare to welfare services

Strengthening family life and encouraging independence : gender and the postwar rehabilitation of the poor

Selling welfare : the gender and race politics of coalition and consensus

A "New Spirit" in welfare : women and work in the Kennedy administration

Doing enough for broken families : the liberal social agenda on welfare, women's rights, and poverty, 1962-1964.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-256) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890877338

9780807876435

0807876437

OCLC:

476237123