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Author Hays, Sharon, 1956-

Title Flat broke with children : women in the age of welfare reform / Sharon Hays.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.8392 H334f 2003    ---  Available
Description x, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index.
Contents Money and morality -- Enforcing the work ethic -- Promoting family values -- Fear, hope, and resignation in the welfare office -- Pyramids of inequality -- Invisibility and inclusion -- The cultures of poverty -- The "success" of welfare reform.
Subject Public welfare.
Welfare recipients.
Poor women.
Low-income single mothers.
United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
ISBN 0195132882 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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