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1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From paternafare to marriage promotion : sexual regulation and welfare reform -- The ideological construction of paternafare -- Comparing paternafare and the caregiver's entitlement -- Welfare reform, reproductive heterosexuality, and marriage -- From enslaved "broodmare" to "welfare queen" : patriarchal and white supremacist constructions of the Black woman -- Welfare reform and the changing logic of governance -- Welfare policy today : neo-liberal regulation of the poor or neo-eugenics? -- Welfare reform and feminist politics -- Appendix 1: Gender, race, and the TANF population -- Appendix 2: Family structure and poverty -- Appendix 3: Child support enforcement allocations in a neo-liberal fiscal environment -- Appendix 4: The "swarming" of paternafare -- Appendix 5: Race, ethnicity, and the family cap. |
| Summary |
Inspired by the political interventions of feminist women of color and Foucauldian social theory, Anna Marie Smith explores the scope and structure of the child support enforcement, family cap, marriage promotion, and abstinence education measures that are embedded within contemporary United States welfare policy. Presenting original legal research and drawing from historical sources, social theory, and normative frameworks, the author argues that these measures violate the rights of poor mothers. Drawing on several historical precedents the author shows that welfare policy has consistently constructed the sexual conduct of the racialized poor mother as one of its primary disciplinary targets. The book concludes with a vigorous and detailed critique of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's support for welfare reform law and an outline of a progressive feminist approach to poverty policy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- United States.
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Public welfare. |
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United States. |
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Welfare recipients -- Government policy -- United States.
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Welfare recipients -- Government policy. |
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Welfare recipients. |
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Poor women -- Government policy -- United States.
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Poor women -- Government policy. |
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Poor women. |
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Poor families -- Government policy -- United States.
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Poor families. |
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Government policy. |
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Poor African Americans -- Government policy.
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Poor African Americans. |
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Neoliberalism -- United States.
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Neoliberalism. |
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Sex and law -- United States.
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Sex and law. |
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Feminist theory.
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Feminist theory. |
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United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
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Social policy. |
| Chronological Term |
1993- |
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Since 1993 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminist theory. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Anna Marie. Welfare reform and sexual regulation. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521820950 (OCoLC)137221633 |
| ISBN |
9780511296710 (electronic book) |
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0511296711 (electronic book) |
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9780511295966 (electronic book) |
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0511295960 (electronic book) |
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9780511294396 (ebook) |
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0511294395 (ebook) |
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9780511619106 (electronic book) |
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0511619103 (electronic book) |
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9780521820950 |
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0521820952 |
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9780521527842 |
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0521527848 |
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