Stretched thin : poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform / Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, Jill Weigt.

This volume examines the effects of mid 1990s welfare reform in the state of Oregon. The reforms made cash assistance temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. Based on comprehensive research conducted in the late 1990s, researchers interviewed and observed low-inc...

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Main Author: Morgen, Sandra.
Other Authors: Acker, Joan., Weigt, Jill Michele, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
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