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1024991
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b779361
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Reese, Ellen,1969-
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| Title & Author
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Backlash against welfare mothers : : past and present /\ Ellen Reese.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, 2005.
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1 online resource (xvi, 355 pages)
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| ISBN
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0520938712
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: 1282771841
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: 159875520X
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: 6612771844
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: 9780520938717
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: 9781282771840
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: 9781598755206
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: 9786612771842
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0520244613
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0520244621
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9780520244610
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9780520244627
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families.
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| Abstract
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Ellen Reese considers the politics of welfare in the U.S. from the 1940s to the present, offering a historical perspective on the current debates over 'welfare mothers' & showing how racism has played a large part in the formulation of popular conceptions regarding welfare.
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Aid to families with dependent children programs.
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Public welfare-- United States-- History.
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Single mothers-- Government policy-- United States.
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Welfare recipients-- Employment-- United States.
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Aid to families with dependent children programs.
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Public welfare.
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Single mothers-- Government policy.
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Social policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Poverty Homelessness.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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Welfare recipients-- Employment.
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United States, Social policy.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.5/568/0973
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| LC Classification
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HV91.R4225 2005eb
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