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

By: Marchevsky, AlejandraContributor(s): Theoharis, Jeanne | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2006Description: xi, 308 pSubject(s): 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 conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.5/84 LOC classification: HV95 | .M2737 2006Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

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