Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty : Dreams, Disenchantments, and Diversity /

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Since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was enacted, policy makers, agency administrators, community activists, and academics from a broad range of disciplines have debated and researched the implications of welfare reform in the United States. Most of the a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pickering, Kathleen Ann, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pauvres en milieu rural > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Rural poor.
Rural conditions.
Public welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Public welfare > United States > Case studies.
Rural poor > United States > Case studies.
United States.
United States > Rural conditions > Case studies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rural places, state welfare policies, and theoretical bases
  • Welfare caseloads : changes in public assistance program use
  • Labor markets : from TANF to low-wage part-time jobs
  • Poverty : family and community well-being
  • Welfare reform on the reservation, South Dakota
  • Welfare reform in Appalachia, Kentucky
  • Welfare reform in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
  • Welfare reform in the Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
  • Welfare reform in persistent rural poverty.

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