Stretched Thin looks back at a critical moment of policy change and suggests how welfare policy in the United States can be changed to better address the needs of poor families and the nation, question the claim that welfare reform has been a success.
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Stretched Thin looks back at a critical moment of policy change and suggests how welfare policy in the United States can be changed to better address the needs of poor families and the nation, question the claim that welfare reform has been a success.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 238 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2009028824 Type of material Book Personal name Morgen, Sandra. Main title Stretched thin: poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform / Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, Jill Weigt. Published/Created Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010. Description xvi, 238 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 9780801447747 (cloth: alk. paper) 0801447747 (cloth: alk. paper) 9780801475108 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801475104 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification HV98. O7 M67 2010 Related names Acker, Joan. Weigt, Jill Michele, 1967-Contents Introduction: questioning the success of welfare reform--History and political economy of welfare in the United States and Oregon--Velvet gloves, iron fists, and rose-colored glasses: welfare administrators and the official story of welfare restructuring--Doing the work of welfare: enforcing "self-sufficiency" on the front lines--Negotiating neoliberal ideology and "on the ground" reality in welfare work--The other side of the desk: client experiences and perspectives on welfare restructuring--Life after welfare: the costs of low-wage employment--Conclusion: reforming welfare "reform." LC Subjects Oregon. Adult and Family Services Division. United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program) Public welfare--Oregon. Public welfare administration--Oregon. Welfare recipients--Oregon. Poor families--Oregon. Social workers--Oregon. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Other standard no. 3177800 Dewey class no. 362.5/56809795 Geographic area code n-us-or n-us---National bib no. GBB040471 National bib agency no. 015511948 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn426390842
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