Reformed American Dreams : Welfare Mothers, Higher Education, and Activism

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Reformed American Dreams explores the experiences of low-income single mothers who pursued higher education while on welfare after the 1996 welfare reforms. This research occurred in an area where grassroots activism by and for mothers on welfare in higher education was directly able to affect the i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katz, Sheila M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Welfare recipients > Employment.
Social policy.
Social movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Mouvements sociaux > États-Unis.
Meres de famille monoparentale à faible revenu > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Social movements > United States.
Welfare recipients > Employment > United States.
Low-income single mothers > Education (Higher) > United States.
Low-income single mothers > United States > Social conditions.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 20e siecle.
United States > Social policy > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; 1. Reforming the American Dream; 2. Pathways onto Welfare and into College; 3. Reformed Grassroots Activism; 4. Survival through College; 5. My Education Means Everything to Me; 6. Hope and Fear during the Great Recession; 7. Graduating into the Great Recession; 8. An American Dream for All; Afterword: Evolution of the American Dream; Appendix A: Methods Appendix; Appendix B: Profiles of Interview Participants in 2006; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author

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