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Doing Without: Women and Work after Welfare Reform
Jane Henrici
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Description for Doing Without: Women and Work after Welfare Reform
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
The welfare reform legislation enacted in 1996 was applauded by many for the successes it had in dramatically reducing the number of people receiving public assistance, most of whom were women with children. Today, however, more than a decade later, these successes seem far less spectacular. Although the total number of welfare recipients has dropped by more than fifty percent nationwide, evidence shows that poverty has actually deepened. Many hardworking women are no better off for having returned to the workplace. In Doing Without, Jane Henrici brings together nine contributions to tell the story of welfare reform from inside the ... Read more
The welfare reform legislation enacted in 1996 was applauded by many for the successes it had in dramatically reducing the number of people receiving public assistance, most of whom were women with children. Today, however, more than a decade later, these successes seem far less spectacular. Although the total number of welfare recipients has dropped by more than fifty percent nationwide, evidence shows that poverty has actually deepened. Many hardworking women are no better off for having returned to the workplace. In Doing Without, Jane Henrici brings together nine contributions to tell the story of welfare reform from inside the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816525126
SKU
V9780816525126
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