Mothers without citizenship Asian immigrant families and the consequences of welfare reform / [electronic resource] :
Lynn Fujiwara.
- Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
- xxx, 239 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : sanctioning immigrants : "ending welfare as we know it" -- New nativism and welfare reform: Asian immigrants as racialized foreigners -- Welfare reform and the politics of citizenship -- Refugees betrayed -- The rush for citizenship : naturalization as a technocratic apparatus of exclusion -- On not making ends meet : mothers without citizenship -- The devaluation of immigrant families -- Conclusion : the continuing significance of racialized citizenship.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Women immigrants--Services for--United States. Asian American women--Services for--United States. Children of immigrants--Services for--United States. Public welfare--United States.