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The welfare reform legislation enacted in 1996 was applauded by many for the successes it had in dramatically reducing the number of people receiving public assistance, most of whom were women with children. Today, however, more than a decade later, these successes seem far less spectacular. Although the total number of welfare recipients has dropped by more than 50 percent nationwide, evidence shows that poverty has actually deepened. Many hardworking women are no better off for having returned to the workplace. In

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Social services & welfare, criminology Social welfare & social services

• Full title: Doing without
• Subtitle: Women and Work After Welfare Reform
• Author: Jane Henrici
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9780816525126
• ISBN: 9780816525126
• ID: 06325187
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Weight: 467 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 161 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. October 2006

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