Chappell, Marisa. <br/><br/>
The War on Welfare :  Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (358 pages) 
 - Politics and Culture in Modern America Series .
 - Politics and Culture in Modern America Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- One: Reconstructing the Black Family: The Liberal Antipoverty Coalition in the 1960s -- Two: Legislating the Male-Breadwinner Family: The Family Assistance Plan -- Three: Building a New Majority: Welfare and Economic Justice in the 1970s -- Four: Debating the Family Wage: Welfare Reform in the Carter Administration -- Five: Relinquishing Responsibility for Poor Families: Reagan's Family Wage for the Wealthy -- Conclusion: Beyond the Family Wage -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> Focusing on the fate of the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, this comprehensive history of the thirty year war over welfare shows how stubborn allegiance to the male-headed household undermined the struggle for economic justice. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812201567 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aid to families with dependent children programs-United States-History-20th century.<br/>Poor women-Government policy-United States.<br/>Public welfare-United States-History-20th century.<br/>Welfare recipients-Employment-United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV91 -- .C4513 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.5/560973