Ain't No Trust : How Bosses, Boyfriends, and Bureaucrats Fail Low-Income Mothers and Why It Matters /

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Ain't No Trust explores issues of trust and distrust among low-income women in the U.S.-at work, around childcare, in their relationships, and with caseworkers-and presents richly detailed evidence from in-depth interviews about our welfare system and why it's failing the very people it is...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levine, Judith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2013]
Temas:
Low-income single mothers > Employment > United States.
Low-income single mothers > Services for > United States.
Low-income single mothers > United States > Social conditions.
Low-income single mothers > Employment > United States.
Low-income single mothers > Services for > United States.
Low-income single mothers > United States > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
business.
caseworkers.
childcare.
discrimination.
distrust.
engaging.
family.
gender studies.
human condition.
in depth interviews.
labor.
low income women.
money and power.
money.
motherhood.
page turner.
politics.
public policy.
racism.
relationships.
single mothers.
social issues.
social sciences.
social work.
society.
sociology.
structural factors.
trust.
welfare reform.
welfare.
womens struggles.
workplace.
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Sumario:Ain't No Trust explores issues of trust and distrust among low-income women in the U.S.-at work, around childcare, in their relationships, and with caseworkers-and presents richly detailed evidence from in-depth interviews about our welfare system and why it's failing the very people it is designed to help. By comparing low-income mothers' experiences before and after welfare reform, Judith A. Levine probes women's struggles to gain or keep jobs while they simultaneously care for their children, often as single mothers. By offering a new way to understand how structural factors impact the daily experiences of poor women, Ain't No Trust highlights the pervasiveness of distrust in their lives, uncovering its hidden sources and documenting its most corrosive and paralyzing effects. Levine's critique and conclusions hold powerful implications for scholars and policymakers alike.  
Descripción Física:1 online resource (314 p.)
ISBN:9780520956919
9783110690422
Acceso:restricted access

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