They say cut back, we say fight back! : welfare activism in an era of retrenchment /
"In 1996, President Bill Clinton hailed the 'end of welfare as we know it' when he signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. The law effectively transformed the nation's welfare system from an entitlement to a work-based one, instituting new time limits on welf...
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
[2011]
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| Edice: | Rose series in sociology.
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| On-line přístup: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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- Confronting the workfare state: community and labor campaigns for workfare workers' rights
- But who will watch the children? State and local campaigns to improve child care policies
- Challenges and prospects for the welfare rights movement.