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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families. |
| Summary |
Ellen Reese considers the politics of welfare in the U.S. from the 1940s to the present, offering a historical perspective on the current debates over 'welfare mothers' & showing how racism has played a large part in the formulation of popular conceptions regarding welfare. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- United States -- History.
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Public welfare. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States.
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Welfare recipients -- Employment. |
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Aid to families with dependent children programs.
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Aid to families with dependent children programs. |
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Single mothers -- Government policy -- United States.
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Single mothers -- Government policy. |
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Single mothers. |
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United States -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reese, Ellen, 1969- Backlash against welfare mothers. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005 0520244613 0520244621 (DLC) 2004019546 (OCoLC)56333957 |
| ISBN |
9780520938717 (electronic book) |
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0520938712 (electronic book) |
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9780520244610 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520244613 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520244627 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520244621 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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159875520X |
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9781598755206 |
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