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.