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New Hope For Women Newsletter (Fall 2008), New Hope For Women Staff
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Fall 2008), New Hope For Women Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
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Women's Lives And Poverty: Developing A Framework Of Real Reform For Welfare, Mary Gatta, Luisa S. Deprez
Women's Lives And Poverty: Developing A Framework Of Real Reform For Welfare, Mary Gatta, Luisa S. Deprez
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The historic 1996 welfare reform is typically regarded as a successful public policy. Using the limited success metric of "reducing welfare rolls," welfare evaluations and analysis have obscured the lived experiences of recipients, particularly among women, who are disproportionally represented among welfare recipients. While it is true that welfare numbers are down, those women who have been forced off or left behind are not doing well. In this paper we seek to explore and critically evaluate the lived experiences of women, to challenge mainstream understandings of women's "success" post-welfare, and propose a theoretical and methodological framework, based on an intersectional …
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Spring 2008), New Hope For Women Staff
New Hope For Women Newsletter (Spring 2008), New Hope For Women Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.