Not working Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform /
Marchevsky, Alejandra.
Not working Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / [electronic resource] : Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis. - New York : New York University Press, c2006. - xi, 308 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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--Social conditions.--California--Long Beach
Mexican American women--Economic conditions.--California--Long Beach
Immigrants--Social conditions.--California--Long Beach
Immigrants--Economic conditions.--California--Long Beach
Electronic books.
HV95 / .M2737 2006
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Not working Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / [electronic resource] : Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis. - New York : New York University Press, c2006. - xi, 308 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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--Social conditions.--California--Long Beach
Mexican American women--Economic conditions.--California--Long Beach
Immigrants--Social conditions.--California--Long Beach
Immigrants--Economic conditions.--California--Long Beach
Electronic books.
HV95 / .M2737 2006
362.5/84