TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morgen,Sandra L.
AU  - Acker,Joan
AU  - Weigt,Jill
TI  - Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform
SN  - 9780801459085
AV  - HV98 
U1  - 362.5/56809795 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Oregon. -- Adult and Family Services Division
KW  - United States. -- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
KW  - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program)
KW  - Public welfare -- Oregon
KW  - Public welfare administration -- Oregon
KW  - Welfare recipients -- Oregon
KW  - Poor families -- Oregon
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Questioning the Success of Welfare Reform -- 1. History and Political Economy of Welfare in the United States and Oregon -- 2. Velvet Gloves, Iron Fists, and Rose-Colored Glasses: Welfare Administrators and the Official Story of Welfare Restructuring -- 3. Doing the Work of Welfare: Enforcing "Self-Sufficiency" on the Front Lines -- 4. Negotiating Neoliberal Ideology and "On the Ground" Reality in Welfare Work -- 5. The Other Side of the Desk: Client Experiences and Perspectives on Welfare Restructuring -- 6. Life After Welfare: The Costs of Low-Wage Employment -- Conclusion: Reforming Welfare "Reform" -- Appendix: Situating Ourselves -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - 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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