Paper pub. date
January 2002
ISBN 9780871143013 (paperback)
6 x 9 inches, 368 pages. B&W illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

Work, Welfare, and Politics

Confronting Poverty in the Wake of Welfare Reform

Sandra Morgen, Margaret Hallock, Joan Acker, and Frances Fox Piven
Copublished by University of Oregon Press.
Summary

This book sheds much-needed light on the ideology and impacts of recent welfare reform legislation. Noted scholars, advocates, and policy makers explore the issues currently facing legislators, including welfare-to-work policies, daycare, and job training. From politics and social control to families and childcare, this volume is comprehensive in scope and offers concrete suggestions for authentic welfare reform.


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Sandra Morgen (1950-2016) was professor of anthropology at University of Oregon.


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Margaret Hallock is the founding director of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon and a former faculty member in the Department of Economics at UO.


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Joan Acker (1924-2016) was a sociologist, researcher, writer, and educator. In 1973, she founded the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon


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Frances Fox Piven is an internationally renowned social scientist, scholar, and activist. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.


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