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

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Main Author: Marchevsky, Alejandra
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Other Authors: Theoharis, Jeanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c2006.
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300 |a xi, 308 p. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship -- PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics -- Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach -- PART 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. 
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