Backlash against welfare mothers past and present

Reese, Ellen 1969-

Backlash against welfare mothers past and present - Berkeley University of California Press 2005 - xvi,355p. map 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references p. (271-330) and index.

Dreams deferred, broken families, and hardship : the impacts of welfare reform -- Attacking welfare, promoting work and marriage : continuity and change in welfare opposition -- The first welfare backlash (1945/1979) -- The 1950s welfare backlash and federal complicity -- Explaining the postwar rise of welfare opposition -- The Southern welfare backlash : Georgia and Kentucky -- The Northern and Western welfare backlashes : California and New York -- Setting the stage : the failures of liberal innovation -- The contemporary welfare backlash (1980/2004) -- The rise of the Republican right and new Democrats -- Business interests, conservative think tanks, and the assault on welfare -- The contemporary welfare backlash, 1980/2004 -- Rebuilding the welfare state : forging a new deal for working families.

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Public welfare--History.--United States
Welfare recipients--Employment--United States.
Aid to families with dependent children programs.
Single mothers--Government policy--United States.


United States--Social policy.

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