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Gender and American Culture
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In 1996, Democratic president Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress ended "welfare as we know it" and trumpeted "workfare" as a dramatic break from the past. But, in actuality, workfare was not new. Jennifer Mittelstadt locates the roots of the 1996 welfare reform many decades in... read more
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First Sentence edit
In the 1950s, amid unprecedented economic growth and prosperity, American policy makers rediscovered poverty.
Table of Contents edit
Ch. 1. A new postwar paradigm for welfare : from comprehensive social welfare to welfare services
Ch. 2. Strengthening family life and encouraging independence : gender and the postwar rehabilitation of the poor
Ch. 3. Selling welfare : the gender and race politics of coalition and consensus
Ch. 4. A "new spirit" in welfare : women and work in the Kennedy administration
Ch. 5. Doing enough for broken families : the liberal social agenda on welfare, women's rights, and poverty, 1962-1964
Epilogue : from rehabilitation to responsibility
App. A. Major federal legislative developments in aid to dependent children, 1935-1964
App. B. Major federal legislative developments in aid to dependent children encouraging or requiring employment, 1956-2004
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Gender and American Culture. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jennifer Mittelstadt (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8078-2922-6
Page Count: 288
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8078-2922-6
Page Count: 288
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: HV699 .M565 2005
- Dewey: 362.713097309045
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Government
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Poverty › Social Services & Welfare
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › U.S.
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies
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