Good Parents or Good Workers? How Policy Shapes Families' Daily Lives

Author/creator Fuller, Bruce Editor
Other author Duerr Berrick, Jill Editor Author
Other author Sawhill, I. Preface by
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan Gordonsville : Macmillan [Distributor]
Description208 p. ill 09.420 x 06.280 in.
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Summary Annotation <i>Good Parents or Good Workers?</i> draws upon new ethnographic studies and longitudinal interviews that are reporting on the daily lives of women and children under new welfare policy pressures. Contributors look at family policy in the context of daily demands and critique new social programs that are designed to strengthen families. The book is divided into three course-friendly sections that deal with the impact of welfare reform on caregiving, the lived experiences of low-income families, and family policy debates.<i> Good Parents or Good Workers?</i> is an important text on the impacts of welfare reform that will be essential reading in a variety of courses in education, sociology, and politics.<br>
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ISBN9781403969644
ISBN1403969647 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
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