An edition of Stretched thin (2010)

Stretched thin

poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform

Stretched thin
Sandra Morgen, Sandra Morgen
Not in Library

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today


Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
November 11, 2010 | History
An edition of Stretched thin (2010)

Stretched thin

poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
238

Buy this book

Edition Availability
Cover of: Stretched thin
Stretched thin: poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform
2010, Cornell University Press
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Table of Contents

Introduction : questioning the success of welfare reform
History and political economy of welfare in the United States and Oregon
Velvet gloves, iron fists, and rose-colored glasses : welfare administrators and the official story of welfare restructuring
Doing the work of welfare : enforcing "self-sufficiency" on the front lines
Negotiating neoliberal ideology and "on the ground" reality in welfare work
The other side of the desk : client experiences and perspectives on welfare restructuring
Life after welfare : the costs of low-wage employment
Conclusion : reforming welfare "reform."

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Ithaca

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.5/56809795
Library of Congress
HV98.O7 M67 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 238 p. ;
Number of pages
238

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24418903M
ISBN 10
0801447747, 0801475104, 3177800
ISBN 13
9780801447747, 9780801475108
LCCN
2009028824
OCLC/WorldCat
426390842

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
November 11, 2010 Created by ImportBot initial import