Not working [Elektronisk resurs] Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis.

• Introduction: Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship -- PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics -- Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach -- PART II: ANY JOB AT ANY WAGE: Tough love in L. A. County: the failure of welfare-to-work -- The myth of welfare dependency: caught between welfare and work -- "It's not what you choose, but where they send you": inside personal responsibility -- Conclusion: The emperor's new welfare: reassessing the "success" of welfare reform.

Ämnesord

Welfare recipients  -- Employment -- United States. (LCSH)

Public welfare  -- Political aspects -- United States. (LCSH)

Mexican American women  -- California -- Long Beach -- Social conditions. (LCSH)

Mexican American women  -- California -- Long Beach -- Economic conditions. (LCSH)

Immigrants  -- California -- Long Beach -- Social conditions. (LCSH)

Immigrants  -- California -- Long Beach -- Economic conditions. (LCSH)

Genre

Electronic books.  (local)

Institutionsnamn

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program)

Namn/titel

United States: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. 

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Klassifikation

HV95 (LCC)

362.5/84 (DDC)

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