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Entitled to nothing : the struggle for immigrant health care in the age of welfare reform /

"In Entitled to Nothing, Lisa Sun-Hee Park investigates how the politics of immigration, health care, and welfare are intertwined. Documenting the formal return of the immigrant as a "public charge," or a burden upon the State, the author shows how the concept has been revived as stat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Park, Lisa Sun-Hee
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Series:Nation of newcomers.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of immigrant reproduction
  • The health of the welfare state
  • The politics of public change
  • Living with uncertainty under ever-shifting state policy
  • Fear and loathing at the border
  • Bearing the burden of welfare reform
  • Appendix A: Research methods
  • Appendix B: Summary of provisions of federal welfare and immigration reform affecting health care access.