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Blame welfare, ignore poverty and inequality

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Main Author: Handler ,Joel F.
Other Authors: Hasenfeld ,Yeheskel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2007
Subjects:
Public welfare > United States
Family policy > United States
Welfare recipients > Government policy > United States
Low-income single mothers > Government policy > United States
Poor families > Government policy > United States
Poverty > United States
Equality > United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The state of poverty : TANF recipients
  • The response to poverty and inequality : the welfare state
  • Demonizing the single-mother family : the path to welfare reform
  • The welfare bureaucracy
  • Work and the low-wage labor market : mothers and children
  • Welfare reform and moral entrepreneurship : promoting marriage and responsible parenthood and preventing teenage pregnancy
  • Addressing poverty and inequality

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