Not working [electronic resource] : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis.
By: Marchevsky, Alejandra.
Contributor(s): Theoharis, Jeanne | ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2006Description: xi, 308 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program) | United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 | Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States | Public welfare -- Political aspects -- United States | Mexican American women -- California -- Long Beach -- Social conditions | Mexican American women -- California -- Long Beach -- Economic conditions | Immigrants -- California -- Long Beach -- Social conditions | Immigrants -- California -- Long Beach -- Economic conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.5/84 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index.
Introduction: Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship -- PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics -- Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach -- PART II: ANY JOB AT ANY WAGE: Tough love in L. A. County: the failure of welfare-to-work -- The myth of welfare dependency: caught between welfare and work -- "It's not what you choose, but where they send you": inside personal responsibility -- Conclusion: The emperor's new welfare: reassessing the "success" of welfare reform.
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