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Author Marchevsky, Alejandra.

Title Not working [electronic resource] : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2006.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 308 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program)
United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States.
Public welfare -- Political aspects -- United States.
Mexican American women -- California -- Long Beach -- Social conditions.
Mexican American women -- California -- Long Beach -- Economic conditions.
Immigrants -- California -- Long Beach -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- California -- Long Beach -- Economic conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Theoharis, Jeanne.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 081475709X (cloth : alk. paper)
0814757103 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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