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Women in the American Welfare Trap
Catherine Kingfisher
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Description for Women in the American Welfare Trap
Paperback. In the United States, a majority of the poor and those who work with the poor are women. How do they perceive their place in society? How do they assess their self-worth in the hierarchy of a bureaucratic system? The author addresses these issues in a thought-provoking analysis, based on the women's conversations with each other. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JHM; JKS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
In the United States, a majority of the poor and those who work with the poor are women. Recipients of public assistance and the welfare workers who serve them are both trapped at the bottom of the American welfare system. How do they perceive their place in society? How do they assess their self-worth in the hierarchy of a bureaucratic system? In this ethnographic study of a welfare office and two welfare rights groups, Catherine Pelissier Kingfisher addresses these issues in a thought-provoking analysis, based on the women's conversations with each other.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812215151
SKU
V9780812215151
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99-15
About Catherine Kingfisher
Catherine Kingfisher is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Lethbridge. She is editor of Western Welfare in Decline: Globalization and Women's Poverty, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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