Work, Welfare and Politics

by Piven, Frances Fox; Acker, Joan; Hallock, Margaret; Morgen, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780871143013
• ISBN10: 0871143011
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Oregon State Univ Pr

Summary

Work, Welfare and Politics sheds much needed light on the ideology and impacts of the 1996 welfare reform legislation. Led by Frances Fox Piven, activist, professor and author from City University of New York, notable scholars, advocates and policymakers explore the timely issues facing legislators in 2002. From politics and social control to families and childcare, this volume, which is a collection of papers originally presented at a 2000 conference, is comprehensive in scope and offers concrete suggestions for authentic welfare reform.

Table of Contents

Glossary	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
About the Editors	p. 15
The Politics and Ideology of Welfare Reform
Welfare Policy and American Politics	p. 19
Welfare Racism and its Consequences: The Demise of AFDC and the Return of the States' Rights Era	p. 35
Not-So-Rugged Individualists: U.S. Americans' Conflicting Ideas about Poverty	p. 55
Families, Caregiving and Wage Work
What's Wrong with Welfare-to-Work	p. 73
"Some of Us are Excellent at Babies": Paid Work, Mothering, and the Construction of Need in a Welfare-to-Work Program	p. 81
What Do Sex and Reproduction Have to Do with Welfare?	p. 95
Work and Wages
Welfare Reform and the Low-Wage Labor Market	p. 115
Welfare Reform and Working Poverty: Job Types, Wage Mobility and Post-Exit Earnings of Welfare Recipients in North Carolina, 1995-1999	p. 129
The Effect of Welfare Reform on the Incomes and Earnings of Low-Income Families: Evidence from the Current Population Survey	p. 145
Struggling to Live and to Learn: Single Mothers, Welfare Policy and Post-Secondary Education in Michigan	p. 157
Welfare Reform as Social Control
Job Training for Welfare Recipients: A Hand Up or a Slap Down?	p. 175
Opportunity and Control: Living Welfare Reform in Los Angeles County	p. 197
Talking Across the Welfare Divide	p. 213
Ties that Bind: Child Support Enforcement and Welfare Reform in Wisconsin	p. 227
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Family Wellbeing
The Impact of Welfare Restructuring on Economic and Family Wellbeing	p. 243
Making the Transition to Self-Sufficiency in Oregon	p. 259
From War on Poverty to War on Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on the Lives of Immigrant Women	p. 277
Integrating Meaningful Health and Welfare Reforms	p. 289
The Effects of Welfare Reform on the Characteristics of the Food Stamp Population	p. 301
The Structure of Welfare Reform
Is Welfare Reform Working in Arizona and Oregon?	p. 321
Welfare Reform Strategies and Community-based Organizations: The Impact on Family Wellbeing in an Urban Neighborhood	p. 333
Conclusion
Toward a New Politics	p. 349
Acknowledgments	p. 358
Index	p. 359
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