Gender and the politics of welfare reform : mothers' pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929 /
The first study to explore the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first public welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families. Chicago initiated the largest mothers' pension program in the United States in 1911. Evolving alongside movements...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, Ill. :
University of Chicago Press,
1997.
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Colección: | Women in culture and society.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Defining the problems of "dependent motherhood"
- 2. The structure of public provision : gender and race in Chicago's welfare system
- 3. Gender and social policy : the origins of mothers' pension policy in Illinois
- 4. The politics of welfare reform
- 5. The economies of mothers' pensions.