Fujiwara, Lynn, 1964-

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.


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Women immigrants--Services for--United States.
Asian American women--Services for--United States.
Children of immigrants--Services for--United States.
Public welfare--United States.


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