Faces of poverty portraits of women and children on welfare
Over the course of a year, Berrick spent numerous hours as a participant-observer with five women and their families, documenting their daily activities, thoughts, and fears as they managed the strains of poverty. We meet Ana, Sandy, Rebecca, Darlene, and Cora, all of whom, at some point, have turne...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York u.a.
Oxford Univ. Press
1995
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Aide sociale - Bénéficiaires - États-Unis - Cas, Études de
> Aide sociale - Programmes gouvernementaux - États-Unis
> Enfants pauvres - États-Unis - Cas, Études de
> Femmes pauvres - États-Unis - Cas, Études de
> Poor children
> Case studies
> Poor women
> Public welfare
> Welfare recipients
> Alleinerziehende Mutter
> Sozialpolitik
> Armut
> USA
> Fallstudiensammlung
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Over the course of a year, Berrick spent numerous hours as a participant-observer with five women and their families, documenting their daily activities, thoughts, and fears as they managed the strains of poverty. We meet Ana, Sandy, Rebecca, Darlene, and Cora, all of whom, at some point, have turned to welfare for support. Each represents a wider segment of the welfare population - ranging from Ana (who lost a business, injured her back, and temporarily lost her job, all in a short period of time) to Cora (who was raised in poverty, spent ten years in an abusive relationship, and now struggles to raise six children in a drug-infested neighborhood) And as Berrick documents these women's experiences, she also debunks many of the myths about welfare: she reveals that welfare is not generous (welfare families remain below the poverty line even with government assistance); that the majority of women on welfare are not long-term welfare dependents; that welfare does not run in families; that "welfare mothers" do not keep having children to increase their payments (women on welfare have on average two children); and that almost half of all women on welfare turned to it after a divorce. At a time when welfare has become a hotly debated political issue, Faces of Poverty gives us the facts |
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| Beschreibung: | X, 214 S. |
| ISBN: | 0195097548 0-19-509754-8 |