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Living on the edge in suburbia : from welfare to workfare
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- Summary
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A vivid ethnography of how welfare reform and the low-wage labor market converge to intensify the insecurity of poor families in Westchester County.
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- Creator
- Terese Lawinski
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2010
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 1283053675, 9780826516992, 0826517013, 0826516998, 0826517005, 9780826517012, 9781283053679, 9780826517005
- OCLC
- ocn427757183, ocn709606126
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index.
- Introduction -- Living on the edge in suburbia -- From welfare to workfare -- The business of welfare -- Family needs versus welfare limits -- Insecurity and inflexibility of "flexible" labor -- Work first, workfare and education -- Divergent interests
Subjects
- Public welfare -- New York (State) -- Westchester County.
- Welfare recipients -- New York (State) -- Westchester County -- Case studies.
- Welfare recipients -- Employment -- New York (State) -- Westchester County -- Case studies.
- Suburbanites -- New York (State) -- Westchester County -- Economic conditions -- Case studies.