Marchevsky, Alejandra.

Not working Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / [electronic resource] : Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis. - New York : New York University Press, c2006. - xi, 308 p.

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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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--Social conditions.--California--Long Beach
Mexican American women--Economic conditions.--California--Long Beach
Immigrants--Social conditions.--California--Long Beach
Immigrants--Economic conditions.--California--Long Beach


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