Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform 0801459087, 9780801459085

Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform 9780801459085

When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare r

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Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform 0871541165, 9780871541161

Do plummeting welfare caseloads and rising employment prove that welfare reform policies have succeeded, or is this succ

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Administering welfare reform: International transformations in welfare governance 9781847421531

While reforms of welfare policies have been widely analysed, the reform of welfare administration has received far less

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Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation 0521820952, 9780521820950

Inspired by the political and philosophical interventions of feminist women of color and Foucauldian social theory, Anna

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Imagined Orphans: Poor Families, Child Welfare, and Contested Citizenship in London 9780813541020

With his dirty, tattered clothes and hollowed-out face, Oliver Twist is the enduring symbol of the young indigent spilli

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Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare 9781317431176

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Government Matters: Welfare Reform in Wisconsin 9780691222479

"Good government" is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet

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The Poverty of Welfare Reform 9780300146127

Once again, America is getting tough on welfare. Democrats and Republicans at both the national and state levels seem to

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Sickness, medical welfare and the English poor, 1750-1834 9781526129017

This book explores the medical world of the poor and the Old Poor Law in the period 1750-1834. Encountering the sick poo

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Immigrants and Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on America's Newcomers 0871543141, 9780871543141

The lore of the immigrant who comes to the United States to take advantage of our welfare system has a long history in A

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