Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : combating poverty, respecting economic human rights -- U.S. welfare policy : from supporting motherhood to a war against the poor -- Building character through adversity : general outcomes of welfare reform -- Varieties of little-noticed suffering : deconstructing welfare-reliant families -- Combating family poverty : how other affluent nations are more successful, and why this is so -- Establishing respect for economic human rights in the United States.
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Offers a history of welfare and an understanding of the diverse characteristics of lone-mother-headed families affected by welfare reform. The author offers a comparison of many industrialized nation's welfare policies, and presents an argument for curtailing the end of welfare as we know it: the case for respecting economic human rights.
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USA
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
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Poverty-- Government policy-- United States.
Public welfare-- Economic aspects-- United States.
Welfare recipients-- United States-- Economic conditions.