Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-295) and index.
Introduction: Latinas on the fault lines of citizenship -- PART I: NEITHER A HANDUP NOR A HANDOUT: Ending welfare: new nativism and the triumph of post-civil rights politics -- Powers in the suburbs: race and redevelopment policy in Long Beach -- PART II: ANY JOB AT ANY WAGE: Tough love in L.A. County: the failure of welfare-to-work -- The myth of welfare dependency: caught between welfare and work -- "It's not what you choose, but where they send you": inside personal responsibility -- Conclusion: The emperor's new welfare: reassessing the "success" of welfare reform.
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Immigrants-- California-- Long Beach-- Social conditions.
Mexican American women-- California-- Long Beach-- Economic conditions.
Mexican American women-- California-- Long Beach-- Social conditions.
Public welfare-- Political aspects-- United States.