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Author Silver, Lauren J., author.

Title System kids : adolescent mothers and the politics of regulation / Lauren J. Silver.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 198 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.
Contents Introduction. They want to see you fail : Dilemmas in child welfare -- Playing case manager : Work life in a culture of fear -- The better places don't want teen moms : Invisible lives, hidden program spaces -- The real responsibility is on you! : The self-sufficiency trap -- I am young. I'm not dumb; and I'm not anxious : Identity performances as service negotiation -- The program allowed me to get pregnant : Everyday resistance, dignity, and fleeting collectives -- Conclusion. Moving from disconnected systems to communities of care -- Afterword. Interruptions in fieldwork.
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Language Text in English.
Subject Teenage mothers -- United States.
Teenage mothers.
United States.
Child welfare -- United States.
Child welfare.
Aid to families with dependent children programs -- United States.
Aid to families with dependent children programs.
Maternal and infant welfare -- United States.
Maternal and infant welfare.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Silver, Lauren J. System kids 9781469622590 (DLC) 2014031683 (OCoLC)886880982
ISBN 9781469622613 (electronic book)
1469622610 (electronic book)
9781469622606 (ebook)
1469622602 (ebook)
9781469622590 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1469622599 (paperback ; alkaline paper)