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Stretched Thin : Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (255 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801459085
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Stretched ThinDDC classification:
  • 362.5/56809795
LOC classification:
  • HV98
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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