Not working Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Marchevsky, Alejandra
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Theoharis, Jeanne
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, c2006.
Subjects:	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. Electronic books.
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Table of 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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