Good parents or good workers? : how policy shapes families' daily lives /

"Good Parents or Good Workers?" draws upon new ethnographic studies and longitudinal interviews that are reporting on the daily lives of women and children under new welfare policy pressures. Contributors look at family policy in the context of daily demands and critique new social program...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Berrick, Jill Duerr, Fuller, Bruce
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Temas:
Poor families > Government policy > United States > Congresses.
Family policy > United States > Congresses.
Public welfare > United States > Congresses.
Familles pauvres > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Congrès.
Politique familiale > États-Unis > Congrès.
Aide sociale > États-Unis > Congrès.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Reference.
Family policy
Public welfare
Armut
Sozialpolitik
Familie
Berufstätigkeit
United States
USA
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Good Parents or Good Workers?" draws upon new ethnographic studies and longitudinal interviews that are reporting on the daily lives of women and children under new welfare policy pressures. Contributors look at family policy in the context of daily demands and critique new social programs that are designed to strengthen families. The book is divided into three course-friendly sections that deal with the impact of welfare reform on caregiving, the lived experiences of low-income families, and family policy debates." Good Parents or Good Workers?" is an important text on th.
Notas:Papers originally presented at a national conference sponsored by the Haas Jr. Fund of San Francisco in 2001.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 186 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781403980533
1403980535
1403969647
9781403969644

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