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Lost Ground: Welfare Reform, Poverty, and Beyond

Lost Ground: Welfare Reform, Poverty, and Beyond


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Table of Contents:
Preface by Barbara Ehrenreich Introduction by Randy Albelda and Ann Withorn Who Deserves Help? Who Must Provide? by Linda Gordon Globalization, American Politics, and Welfare Policy by Frances Fox Piven Welfare Reform, Family Hardship, and Women of Color by Linda Burnham Success Stories: Welfare Reform, Policy Discourse, and the Politics of Research by Sanford F. Schram and Joe Soss Fallacies of Welfare-to-Work Policy by Randy Albelda Violating Women: Rights Abuses in the Welfare Police State by Gwendolyn Mink Attacking Welfare Racism: Respecting Poor People's Human Rights by Kenneth J. Neubeck Welfare Reform and Neighborhoods: Race and Civic Participation by James Jennings Friends or Foes? Nonprofits and the Puzzle of Welfare Reform by Ann Withorn Learning from the History of Poor and Working-Class Women's Activism by Mimi Abramovitz A New Politics of Entitlement by Lucie E. White A View from the Bottom: Poor People and Their Allies Respond to Welfare Reform by Willie Baptist and Mary Bricker-Jenkins Appendix A: Guide To Organizations And Resource Centers Appendix B: Guide To Government And Statistical Resources On The Internet Appendix C: Guide to Poverty Research Materials

About the Author :
Randy Albelda and Ann Withorn have published widely on the politics of women's poverty. Most recently, Albelda is the co-author of Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits: Women's Work, Women's Poverty and Withorn is the co-editor of For Crying Out Loud: Women's Poverty in the United States.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780896086593
  • Publisher: South End Press
  • Publisher Imprint: South End Press
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 300
  • Sub Title: Welfare Reform, Poverty, and Beyond
  • ISBN-10: 0896086593
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 135 mm


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