Living on the edge : the realities of welfare in America /

In this compelling look at the lives of welfare recipients, Mark Robert Rank shatters many of the myths commonly associated with the system and its participants. Living on the Edge considers three questions: Why do people turn to welfare? What is it like to survive on these programs? And what can we...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rank, Mark R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [1994]
Subjects:
Welfare recipients > United States > Interviews.
Public welfare > United States.
Public welfare.
Poverty
Social Welfare
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > États-Unis > Entretiens.
Aide sociale.
welfare services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Welfare recipients.
Sozialhilfeempfänger
Interview
Bijstand.
Uitkeringsgerechtigden.
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis.
Aide sociale > Bénéficiaires > États-Unis.
Aide sociale > Etats-Unis.
United States
United States.
USA.
Interviews.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The welfare debate
  • Getting on
  • Day-to-day living
  • Family dynamics
  • Beliefs and hopes
  • Working
  • Attitudes about welfare
  • How long and how often?
  • Getting off
  • Myths and realities
  • Concluding thoughts
  • Methodology
  • Tables used to generate figures and odds ratios in text and supplementary tables.

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