Hays, Sharon, 1956-

Flat broke with children : women in the age of welfare reform / Sharon Hays. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - x, 290 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index.

Money and morality -- Enforcing the work ethic -- Promoting family values -- Fear, hope, and resignation in the welfare office -- Pyramids of inequality -- Invisibility and inclusion -- The cultures of poverty -- The "success" of welfare reform.

0195132882 : HRD $30.00

Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513 SAN 202-5892

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United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.


Public welfare--United States.
Welfare recipients--United States.
Poor women--United States.
Mothers--United States.
Poor single mothers--United States.

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