| Description |
vi, 266 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Historical perspectives on contemporary welfare politics. Dependency and choice: the two faces of Eve / Rickie Solinger ; When work is slavery / Eileen Boris ; From maximum feasible participation to disenfranchisement / Nancy A. Naples -- pt. 2. Class, race, and gender in the new welfare regime. Welfare and work / Frances Fox Piven ; Asian immigrant communities and the racial politics of welfare reform / Lynn H. Fujiwara ; Women, welfare, and domestic violence / Demie Kurz ; Welfare's ban on poor motherhood / Dorothy Roberts -- pt. 3. Toward a new welfare politics? Aren't poor single mothers women? feminists, welfare reform, and welfare justice / Gwendolyn Mink ; Welfare, dependency, and a public ethic of care / Eva Feder Kittay ; Toward a framework for understanding activism among poor and working-class women in twentieth-century America / Mimi Abramovitz. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Poor women -- Government policy -- United States.
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Poor women -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Poor women. |
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Women with social disabilities -- Government policy -- United States.
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Women with social disabilities. |
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Government policy. |
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Public welfare -- United States.
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Public welfare. |
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Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States.
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Welfare recipients -- Employment. |
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Public welfare -- United States.
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Mink, Gwendolyn, 1952-
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| ISBN |
0801486203 paperback |
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