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Author Marchevsky, Alejandra.

Title Not working : Latina immigrants, low-wage jobs, and the failure of welfare reform / Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2006]
©2006

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.584 M317N    Check Shelf
Description xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-295) and index.
Contents Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship -- Pt.I. Neither a hand up nor a handout. Ending welfare : new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics -- Poverty in the suburbs : race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach -- pt. 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.
Subject Welfare recipients -- Employment -- United States.
Public welfare -- Political aspects -- United States.
Mexican American women -- California -- Long Beach -- Social conditions.
Mexican American women -- California -- Long Beach -- Economic conditions.
Immigrants -- California -- Long Beach -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- California -- Long Beach -- Economic conditions.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Program)
United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Added Author Theoharis, Jeanne.
ISBN 081475709X cloth alkaline paper
9780814757093 cloth alkaline paper
0814757103 paperback alkaline paper
9780814757109 paperback alkaline paper
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